Arthur Kallet (December 15, 1902February 24, 1972) was an American consumer advocate.

Career

An engineer, Kallet co-authored a 1933 book entitled '' 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs: Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics'' with fellow engineer Frederick Schlink. In 1936 he left as director of Consumers Research after its head, F.J. Schlink, fired three striking employees who had tried to form a union, and joined with

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professor Colston Warne to found

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and

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. The

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cited Arthur Kallet as the communist head of Consumers Union, which it cited as a communist front. In 1957, Kallet broke with Warne and left Consumers Union to form The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, and in 1961, Buyers Laboratory Inc.

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Consumer rights activists 1902 births 1972 deaths Consumer Reports Activists from New Rochelle, New York {{US-activist-stub