Becot Yoann

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• Becot Yoann
• Cibulkova Barbora
• Modrak Aleksandra

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Overview

• consumer protection
• protection in EU
• organizations
• cosmetics campaign and database
• firms and consumer protection
• product description

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Consumer Protection
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European Union

• open market included 27 countries
• huge choice of products and services
• competetive prices

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European Union (2)

• another challenge
• supporting consumer associations and education
  campaigns
• cooperation with third global partners

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Organizations - CI
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FDA and its competences

• food
• drugs
• radiation-emitting products
• medical devices
• veterinary products

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Role of FDA

• promotion of public health
• ensuring safety of products
• accurate information and labeling
• pre-market approval authority
• acts on behalf of change of regulations
  regarding product safety

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The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition
of womens, public health, labor, environmental
health and consumer-rights groups.
Goal to eliminate or at least reduce
hazardous ingredients from cosmetics
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Compact for Safe Cosmetics

• no harmful ingredients
• test on toxicity
• replacing hazardous components
• transparency and public accountability
• Skin Deep

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Cosmetics database
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Why firms are still using harmful ingredients?

• FDA has not enough power and money
• not unsafe ingredients are allowed
• cheaper and unsafe products are more used than
  expensive and healthy ones

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Product description premium unleaded

• Main ingredients are
• toulene
• ethanol
• hexane
• heptane
• ethylbenzene

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Product description cell phone
a cellular phone uses almost the same frequencies
as a microwaves
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Product description - trolly
14 400 children were hurt in a stroller in
recent years
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Consumer rights