Medical Professionals Call for Action to Save Antibiotics
For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 18, 2015Dear Major Restaurant Chain,As doctors, nurses, and medical professionals, we are deeply concerned about the threat to public health caused by the...
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Touble In Toyland 2015
Released by: ConnPIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015CTP_Toyland_Report_Nov15(1).pdfHartford– Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, according...
View ArticleNot-so-secret-Santas in Congress Using Spending Bill To Roll Back Health,...
Monday, November 30, 2015Ed MierzwinskiWith spending authorization for the federal government set to end on December 11, Congressional leaders are working with powerful special interests on their...
View ArticleThe Phantom, and Other Menaces
Monday, December 7, 2015It is remarkable – and deeply troubling – that a post-antibiotic era is no longer hypothetical.In the months since we launched our campaign to stop the overuse of antibiotics on...
View ArticlePredictable Problems in the FDA Annual Report
Tuesday, December 15, 2015In 2013,the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put forward a weak plan to address the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture. After decades of warnings from scientists and...
View ArticleIt keeps getting better
Wednesday, December 16, 2015By next summer, all of the chicken served on Papa John's pizzas and poppers will be raised without antibiotics. The pizza chain's announcement adds them to a growing list of...
View ArticleAll I want for Christmas is responsibly-raised meat.
Monday, December 21, 2015My first Christmas list was probably illegible; my second almost certainly included a real live pet baby seal. Since around age 10, I have no recollection of writing any...
View ArticleProgress in 2015 and hope for the new year
Wednesday, December 23, 2015In May, I wrote that “2015 has been a big year for chicken.” Little did I know it would only get bigger. Several huge restaurant chains jumped in to help stop the overuse of...
View ArticleThe State of Antibiotics 2016
Monday, January 11, 2016One week before the president’s State of the Union address hits the airwaves, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Thomas Frieden released their “State...
View Article80+ groups call on Yum! Brands to help save antibiotics
For Immediate Release Thursday, January 28, 2016Mr. Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer Yum! Brands 5200 Commerce Crossings Dr. Louisville, KY 40229We write you as representatives of organizations...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
U.S. PIRG Huffington Post Friday, January 29, 2016Laura RogersLeading organizations (full disclosure: including mine) have joined together and set their sights on Yum! Brands, which includes Kentucky...
View ArticleThe foundation is crumbling
Tuesday, January 19, 2016For months, we’ve been sharing a warning about the post-antibiotic era: it’s looming, it’s coming, it’s near... it’s here. Despite decades of knowledge that the overuse of...
View ArticleTaco Bell Moves Away From Chicken Raised on Medically Important Antibiotics
For Immediate Release Monday, April 18, 2016Taco Bell will no longer serve chicken raised on medically important antibiotics in U.S. locations starting in 2017. The announcement was included in a...
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Grilling to protect public health
Monday, June 20, 2016Happy summer!It’s a long-standing tradition: firing up the grill to ring in the start of hot summer days.As a kid, I was never much help as my parents and family friends barbecued....
View ArticleMore Than 350,000 Urge KFC to Prevent Abuse of Antibiotics in Its Chicken Supply
For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 10, 2016Media Contacts:Bill Wenzel, U.S. PIRG, 608.444.0292, bwenzel@pirg.org Lena Brook, Natural Resources Defense Council, 415.601.0504, lbrook@nrdc.orgSteve...
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Pledge to be Toxic-Free
We should be able to trust that the products we buy are safe — especially ones our families use every day, directly on our bodies. We’ve looked into it, however, and discovered that when we shampoo our...
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Calling for Big Action on Antibiotics in the Big Apple
Monday, September 26, 2016Last week, we were in New York City, where the United Nations General Assembly spent an entire day discussing antibiotic resistance, “the biggest threat to modern medicine.”...
View ArticleStarbucks Ditches Routine Use of Medically Important Antibiotics in Poultry
For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 7, 2017Seattle—Starbucks announced a commitment today to serve only poultry raised without the routine use of medically important antibiotics in U.S. stores by...
View ArticleNew U.N. Report: We Can Feed The World Without Using Pesticides
For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 7, 2017WASHINGTON, DC—A report released today by the United Nations finds that it is a “myth” that pesticides are needed to feed the world’s 7 billion people. [1]...
View ArticleL'Oréal: Pledge to Be Toxic-Free
For Immediate Release Thursday, May 11, 2017Today, ConnPIRG, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (a project of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP)), and Safer Chemicals Healthy Families delivered more...
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