"But," said Consumer Reports director of consumer safety and sustainability Urvashi Rangan, "public water systems must be tested and must post the results.
Richard Lloyd, executive director of consumer group Which?, welcomed the proposals.
Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at uSwitch.com, welcomed the announcement.
"It was sort of a perfect storm," said Chris G. Christopher Jr., director of consumer economics at IHS Global Insight.
Until 2010, Mr. McGinn, 44, was the director of consumer risk reporting for Citigroup, working in New York.
"Male antics was not something that was targeted," said Gary J. Davis, director of consumer marketing.
"The planets just aligned," said Diana Sun, Capital One's director of consumer affairs.
A 3 percent increase and above "represents a healthy U.S. consumer," said Jharonne Martis, director of consumer research for Thomson Reuters.
Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at uSwitch.com, said: "This is a U-turn to be applauded.
Mr. Abboushi, 40, is the director of consumer card market research at American Express in New York.
