Consumers education

ACSH is a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. 

For both opponents and proponents, continuous education is critical even if it appears that many consumers are not interested in the issue. While a person can be uninterested in a topic, there are different times in their life or different windows of opportunity when they are open to learning about new ideas. Continuous education keeps informed consumers informed and offers disinterested consumers the opportunity. The more effort that is invested into consumer education, the less risk there is that consumers will overreact on the basis of emotion, fear, memorable phrases, or unfounded benefits. 

Societal responsibility can be fostered through consumer education... 

Roumie CL, Griffin MR0. Over-the-counter analgesics in older adults a call for improved labelling and consumer education. Drugs Aging. 2004 21 485-498. 

BRUHN, C M, WINTER C K, BEALL G A, BROWN S, HARWOOD J O, LAMP C L, STANFORD G, steinbring Y J and turner B (1998), Consumer response to pesticide/ food safety risk statements implications for consumer education , Dairy Food Environ. Sanit. 18(5), 278-287. 

M consumer education, motivation, and establishment of recycling habits... 

Consumer Education Centre, "Fact File on Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy" (1985). 

What kind of consumer education for home media consumption can be provided and used by parents ... 

In addition to consumer research, JJM conducted market research with physicians to determine their concerns and expectations. Particularly distinctive was research with pharmacists. The results of this work indicated that pharmacists felt ignored by the major pharmaceutical companies despite their desire to take more part in consumer education and advice. JJM concluded that pharmacists, in particular, had an understanding of the longer-term implications involved with an OTC switch. JJM decided to devote a major portion of is consumer products sales force to promote early awareness and enthusiasm for Pepcid AC among pharmacists. 

The Berry Doctors Journal, free consumer-education newsletter on superfruit research and nutrition, berrydoctor.com... 

Dr. Gross is a leading expert and strong proponent of consumer education and superfruit science, and following careers as a university scientist, entrepreneur, and food industry consultant, he is the leading advocate for superfruits and superfruit science. ... 

Prevention of food-borne gastroenteritis due to consumption of molluscan shellfish relies on consumer education and thorough cooking of shellfish (Fayer et al., 1998, 1999 Freire-Santos et al., 2001 Rippey, 1994 Wallace et al., 1999). Education should be particularly focused on populations that are predisposed to serious illness after consumption of contaminated shellfish (e.g., people with suppressed immune systems) (Fayer et al., 1999 Rippey, 1994 Wallace et al., 1999). Several factors may impede consumer education campaigns about the risk of raw shellfish consumption (Altekruse et al., 1999). 

A large-scale campaign aimed at consumer education combined with legislative measures to prevent the sale of noniodized salt for human consumption resulted in an increase in iodized salt production. By 1995, 4.2 million metric tons of iodized salt was being produced annually with the help of the private sector. 

In 1999, the concern focused on PVC bags for intravenous fluids, which also use phthalate plasticizers. The Health Care Without Harm Coalition launched a consumer education campaign claiming that the IV bags have similar problems to the... 

Ongoing consumer education is a requirement for success. People must know how to participate, and must be reminded that their participation is important and valued. Even with a long-established program, there will be new residents who need information and people who have slacked off who need a reminder. Education of schoolchildren can be very effective not only in building the children s recycling habits, but in changing their families behavior. 

It is in the interests of society, due to loss of life and property, to take measures to lower the incidence of fire by analysing and acting upon the elements that contribute to fire safety, i.e., materials fire performance, design and consumer education. So, making materials less fire-safe is obviously not a move in the right direction. 

Electronic Industries Alliance Consumer Education Initiative, http //www.eiae.a-g/... 

The development of new fibre processing routes that require less energy and chemicals and consumer education to minimise environmental impact of consumer care. 

One issue is how much of this can be mitigated by consumer education If peak loads are created by the usage of a number of pieces of electricity-hungry equipment then educating the consumer to simply not switch them all on at the same time may help to provide a partial solution. 

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