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CSPI Welcomes Vilsack Return to USDA

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
December 11, 2020
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Study: Food Bank Donations in the United States

December 11, 2020
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Study: Unhealthy Food Marketing on Commercial Educational Websites

December 11, 2020
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USDA to Improve Misleading Processed Meat Labels

USDA Will Prohibit Misleading “No Nitrate” Claims, but Won’t Require Clear Disclosures When Nitrates are Used
December 11, 2020

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Fact Sheet: 10 Years of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

December 11, 2020

Tell Congress: help hungry families and protect food workers

December 15, 2020
The winter holidays should be a time to come together and celebrate over good food. But this year, 50 million people (or one in six of us) will be hungry and food workers will lack critical protections if lawmakers do not provide urgently needed relief.
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Prisoners: A Blind Spot in Coronavirus Vaccination Efforts

Beyond the Curve: Dr. Peter Lurie's COVID-19 Blog
December 17, 2020
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Relief Can't Wait

Beyond the Curve: Dr. Peter Lurie's COVID-19 Blog
December 18, 2020
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Relief Welcome, but Congress Must do More to Respond to Pandemic

Statement of CSPI Deputy Director of Federal Affairs Colin Schwartz
December 21, 2020

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Letter to Dr. Vivek Murthy, nominee for U.S. Surgeon General, re: labeling of alcoholic beverages

December 23, 2020
The text of the Surgeon General's warning label for alcohol
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Dietary Guidelines Drops Expert Panel’s Added Sugars Recommendation

Statement of CSPI Policy Associate Jessi Silverman
December 29, 2020

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CSPI Letter to NIH re: Office of Nutrition Research

December 29, 2020
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An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci

Beyond the Curve: Dr. Peter Lurie's COVID-19 Blog
December 29, 2020
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Standing up for Science: CSPI’s Top 10 Wins from 2020

December 31, 2020
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Lest we Forget

Beyond the Curve: Dr. Peter Lurie's COVID-19 Blog
December 31, 2020

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Fact Sheet: Messaging Guidance for Sugary Drink Taxes

January 4, 2021
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Leading Health Experts Reject Unproven Treatments Touted before Senate Committee

Senate Hearing Spreads Misinformation
December 7, 2020
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Trump EPA Finalizes Rule Limiting Science Available to Agency

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
January 5, 2021
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CSPI Comment to EPA re: proposed rule "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science"

May 18, 2020
The seal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
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Overdoses from Contaminated Poppy Seeds Suggest Need for Action by FDA, DEA

New Research Finds Intentional Exposures May Be on the Rise
January 12, 2021
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Opiates in Our Food Supply?

January 13, 2021
Poppy plants in a field, focusing on the seed pods
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CSPI Urges Accountability in Wake of Attack on Capitol

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
January 13, 2021
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Trump Administration Deregulatory Blitz: the Last Gasp of a Failing Agenda

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
January 13, 2021
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Choice of Kessler to Become Chief Science Officer of U.S. COVID Response Praised

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
January 15, 2021
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Biden American Recovery Plan Makes Up for Lost Time

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
January 15, 2021

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Nutrition Tips

Grass-fed cattle produce same amount of greenhouse gases as grain-fed

“Grass-fed cattle are equally bad as grain-fed cattle for producing the potent greenhouse gas methane,” says Walter Willett, chair of  the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

“Per cow, they produce the same amounts.”

How can that be?

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