AMERICA AT RISK: A HISTORY OF CONSUMER PROTEST, hosted by journalist Ed Newman, investigates the history and influence of this country's consumer movement. The program is illustrated with archival photographs and footage, and interviews with key people in the movement.

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America at Risk: A History of Consumer Protest was produced by Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. in 1985.

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FUNDED BY

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Consumers Union of United States, Inc.

Educational Products Information Exchange Institute

Institute for Research in History

New York Council for the Humanities

Mary Rumsey Foundation

W. Averell Harriman Lead Trust

and various other contributors