...gives them wiggle room and pressure points," said Ed Mierzwinski, the consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit in Washington.Of prime interest to the industry will be the final rules on derivatives...

...plastics and lead contamination, consumer advocates warned Tuesday. These dangers were highlighted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in its 24th annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, the first since sweeping consumer safety legislation...

WASHINGTON --- If the toy fits inside the tube from a toilet roll, it's too small for tiny tots, consumer advocates warned Tuesday. U.S. Public Interest Research Group said parents shopping for toys should look out for hazards such as small parts, lead and soft plastics.

Industries in Richmond County have reported more than 14 million pounds of toxic releases to air and water during 2006, the most recent complete year covered in the federal Toxic Release Inventory.

...LaTina Emerson at (706) 823-3227 or latina.emerson@augustachronicle.com. CORRECTING AN ERROR The U.S. Public Interest Research Group said that nearly 80 percent of credit reports contain some type of error. People with common last names...

NEW YORK - Three years ago, Michael Steiner got a call from a bank asking him to confirm he had applied for a $20,000 personal loan. He hadn't, but someone using his name was seeking that money.

AIKEN - Hydrogen stole the show in 2003, when President Bush hyped the gas during his State of the Union address as a replacement fuel for automobiles.

...the advice from the two strange bedfellows that collaborated on the report: the Ralph Nader-spawned U.S. Public Interest Research Group and the fiscally hawkish National Taxpayers Union.The advice? Spend less -- and when you do , spend...

...of the nation's 104 plants until safety lessons from the Japanese nuclear crisis can be absorbed.The U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued a report Tuesday citing a history of safety problems at nuclear reactors in the United States...

...ads to take advantage of a right Congress gave you," said Ed Mierzwinski of the consumer advocacy group U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Mierzwinski accused the companies of using the fear of identity theft to scare people into buying overpriced...