By EMILEE MOONEY SCOTT
A quick spin around, a home improvement or baby supply store reveals a number of products proclaiming that they are free of particular ingredients (BPA-free bottles! VOC-free paint!). The Federal Trade Commission issued guidance in October 2012 explaining when such "free-of" claims would be considered deceptive. In recent settlements concerning paints marketed as VOC-free, the FTC showed that it will focus on consumer desires and expectations specific to the product type in question in assessing environmental marketing claims.
Modern Communities Designed To Recreate Feel Of Traditional Villages
By DIANE WHITNEY and MARIE PHELAN
Did your grandparents ever regale you with stories of their youth, living in a village where most things were within walking distance? Or maybe you grew up in such a place yourself. Though small town life still exists in many places, the growth of the post-World War II suburbs means that a great many people did not grow up in a walkable village and probably do not live in one now.
