Word: ftc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...panic. If it just dies down, forget it." The last time that Nader's Raiders documented the failings of a regulatory agency, the Federal Trade Commission, their report led to a study by the American Bar Association, which essentially backed their findings, but recommended that the FTC be given another chance. The FTC has indeed been improved since then. At the least, the students have provided an inexhaustible supply of tinder for any politician who wants to light a match under...
...more closely the claims they make for products or else face speedier federal intervention. He pointed to a number of bills in the House and Senate, all supported by the Administration, that would give the Federal Trade Commission immediate power to seek preliminary injunctions against deceptive ads. Now the FTC often must wage lengthy court battles in order to make a company delete misleading claims. But if it were armed with a preliminary injunction, the commission could act before, instead of after a court decision. Said Harlow: "The existence of this power in the FTC does create the possibility...
...Federal Trade Commission began a study in December to determine long-term effects of enzyme detergents. An official of the Environmental Control Administration, which is conducting its own study, says that complaints of rashes and asthmatic reactions received by his office have grown "astronomically" since the announcement of the FTC study. At the Food and Drug Administration, which is also investigating, a spokesman said that complaints have been coming in for 18 months and are increasing...