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Some Progress, but Lawmakers Must Do More to Help Vulnerable Americans with COVID-19

Statement of CSPI Policy Director Laura MacCleery
March 26, 2020
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Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 and Food

March 20, 2020
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CSPI Releases Consumer’s Guide to Restaurant Sick Leave Policies During COVID-19 Pandemic

Those that have it at all cover few employees and offer scant benefits
March 16, 2020
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Scientists Release Consensus Statement on Food Contact Chemicals

Statement of CSPI Senior Scientist Lisa Y. Lefferts
March 2, 2020
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Transparency Advocates Win Victory for Public Access to Clinical Trial Data

CSPI President Dr. Peter Lurie a Plaintiff in Case vs. HHS
February 25, 2020
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CSPI Urges FDA Enforcement Action on Televangelist Jim Bakker’s Fake Coronavirus “Cure”

Letter Submitted to FDA and FTC
February 20, 2020
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Trump Administration Continues Assault on School Kids’ Meals

Statement of CSPI Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Colin Schwartz
January 17, 2020
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Online Grocery Retailers Undermining Healthy Eating, According to CSPI Marketplace Scan

More than Half of Online Food and Beverage Promotions Are for Unhealthy Products
January 7, 2020
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CSPI Urges FDA Not to Open Pandora’s Box with Sweeping Changes to Food Standards of Identity

Industry Proposal Would Change Standards for Many Staples
January 6, 2020
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FDA’s New Report on Antibiotics in Farm Animals Adds Urgency to Fight for Responsible Antibiotics Use

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter Lurie
December 10, 2019

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Nutrition Tips

Do you really need to walk 10,000 steps a day for good health?

Heard that you should aim for 10,000 steps a day? “That was a business slogan that started in the 1960s when a Japanese company introduced a pedometer named ‘10,000 steps meter’ in Japanese,” says researcher Catrine Tudor-Locke.

So how many steps should we take each day?

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