Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge (大杂烩) of environmental claims made by household products, according to a "green labeling" study (47)______ by Consumers International Friday .
Among the report’’s more outrageous (令人无法容忍的) findings — a German fertilizer (48)______ itself as "earthworm friendly" a brand of flour said it was "non-polluting" and a British toilet paper claimed to be "environmentally friendlier".
The study was written and researched by Britain’’s National Consumer Council (NCC) for lobby group Consumer International. It was (49)______by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission.
"While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear there is a long way to go in (50)______ shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy," said Consumers International director Anna Fielder.
The 10-country study (51)______ product packaging in Britain, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on (52)______ .
The report focused on claims made by (53)______ products, such as detergent (洗涤剂) insect sprays and by some garden products. It did not test the claims, but (54)______ them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in September, 1999.
Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too vague or too misleading to meet ISO standards.
The ISO labeling standards (55)______ vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as "environmentally friendly" and "non-polluting" cannot be (56)______ . " What we are now pushing for is to have multinational corporations meet the standards set by the ISO," said Page.
Word Bank
A) verified I) described
B) assured J) funded
C) ensuring K) surveyed
D) environmental L) balance
E) specific M) average
F) comparing N) support
G) compared O) ban
H) published