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Support Added Sugars Warnings on Chain Restaurant Menus

Most “small” fountain sodas served at fast-food chains contain more than a day’s worth of added sugars. Tell your city councilmember to support added sugars warnings today!

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Strong support for warning icons on chain restaurant sugary drinks, according to New York poll
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Most Chain Restaurant Soda Fountain Drinks Exceed Full Day’s Worth of Added Sugars, Report Finds

Ask Congress to Pass the Toxic Free Food Act

The Toxic Free Food Act will help keep unsafe chemicals out of our food. Urge your member of Congress to support this legislation to strengthen the review of new chemicals in food.
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Tell the FDA to Keep Poppy Seeds Free of Dangerous Opiate Contamination

Families affected by contaminated poppy seeds have joined together with the Center for Science in the Public Interest to submit a petition to the FDA asking the agency to limit opiate contamination in poppy seeds and ensure that seeds imported into the United States are not contaminated.

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Not so Safe: How the FDA lets food safety slip through the holes