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Wanna lose 41 pounds? Forget Weight Watchers – try calling the Stop Junk Mail Association. The SJMA says advertisers send the average adult 41 pounds of junk mail each year.Consultant Michael Esh founded the Sausalito, California-based organization in 1991 after he returned from vacation to find so much junk pushed through his mail slot that […]

Wanna lose 41 pounds? Forget Weight Watchers - try calling the Stop Junk Mail Association. The SJMA says advertisers send the average adult 41 pounds of junk mail each year.Consultant Michael Esh founded the Sausalito, California-based organization in 1991 after he returned from vacation to find so much junk pushed through his mail slot that he had problems opening the door. "Eventually, I put two and two together and got motivated," he recalls.Esh turned his annoyance into a crusade more than 5,000 strong. "The data collection industry is insidious and huge, and it pulls data from every manageable and conceivable source," Esh says. "People must stay informed."

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