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From Testing
Walter Cronkite listed the following events in a history of Consumer Reports which he wrote.
 * Walter Cronkite's history
 * 1927 Stuart Chase and Frederick J. Schlink publish Your Money's Worth
 * 1929 Founding of Consumers Research
 * 1933 Frederick J. Schlink and Arthur Kallet publish 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs published
 * "...the organization developed a rigorous testing program to determine the real tar and nicotine content. The tobacco industry was irritated, but the testing protocols became models for the government's own testing program."
 * "With nuclear testing in the 1950s, CU reported that when the cows came home they were bringing with them increasing amounts of deadly Strontium 90"
 * "In the early 60s, it pressed hard for immediate and universal adoption of (seat)belts and harnesses (in all automobiles)..."
 * "In the 1970s, power lawn mowers (accounted) for 160,000 injuries a year... CU engineers developed safety standards which were eventually written into law."
 * "When it first tested microwave ovens, Consumers Union found that significant levels of ratiation were leaking from the appliances..."

For Wikiquotes
"For decades, CU has been fabled for its lavish banquets for nobody- essential preludes to testing dishwashers. This unusual ritual involves laying out great tables, placing dinnerware on them, and rigorously coating each dish with the remnants of a great feast. So much gravy here, a chocolate pudding stain there - all scientifically applied according to a predetermined pattern." - Walter Cronkite