Sentences with phrase «manufacturers make false claims»

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The senators, all members of the committee, introduced the Youth Sports Concussion Act earlier this year to help ensure that safety standards for sports equipment, including football helmets, are based on the latest science and curb false advertising claims made by manufacturers to increase protective sports gear sales.

An extensive National Academy of Sciences report previously found a lack of scientific evidence that helmets and other protective devices designed for young athletes reduce concussion risk — yet some manufacturers continue to use false advertising claims that prevent athletes, parents and coaches from making informed safety decisions.

Following up on the news whirlwind that was the uncovering of false claims made in Mike Daisey's This American Life piece on conditions at Apple manufacturer Foxconn's factory in China, American Public Media's Marketplace program sent reporter Rob Schmitz to get a first hand look at what life was really like for workers.

Product liability can involve a claim that a product manufacturer should be held liable for the personal injury of a victim who suffered from a defect in a product or from false representations made by the product manufacturer.

There is a new act the Children's Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act; this act would establish tougher penalties for manufacturers that make false or misleading injury prevention claims about their helmets and other athletic equipment.

We also have powerful regulations in place to keep dangerous medical devices off the market, and the FTC can keep manufacturers from making false claims in advertising.