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Senate Committee Approves New Taxpayer Giveaways to Big Ag

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s proposed Farm Bill would entrench taxpayer handouts to large agribusinesses and underwrite junk food ingredients

FDA Sets Voluntary Limits of Antibiotic in Animal Feed, But What Does This Really Mean?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
By | Nasima Hossain
Public Health Advocate

The Food and Drug Administration announced last Wednesday that it had finalized a plan asking drug companies to voluntarily limit the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed.

Media Hit | Food

Pallone calls for regulation of lead, arsenic in apple juices

Pallone joined with Karina Wilkinson of the Food & Water Watch, Gideon Weissman of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, Chuck Bell from Consumers Union and concerned New Jersey parents to demand action to prevent high toxin levels in drinks, and now food, primarily consumed by children.

Supreme Court Puts Sick Cows Back on the Menu

Thursday, January 26, 2012
By | Nasima Hossain
Public Health Advocate

On Monday the Supreme Court overturned a California law that required the euthanization of downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep this meat out of the nation’s food system.

Resource | Budget, Consumer Protection, Democracy, Financial Reform, Food, Health Care, Higher Ed, Safe Energy, Solid Waste, Tax, Transportation

Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water

In the United States, 49 million Americans receive their drinking water from surface sources located within 50 miles of an active nuclear power plant.

Issue | Food

Stop Subsidizing Obesity

Ending taxpayer subsidies for junk food.

Issue | Consumer Protection, Food

Consumer Protection

Looking out for consumers, from bank fees to toxic toys.

Media Hit | Food

Fox News: New Report Links Agricultural Subsidies to Childhood Obesity

A report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, or U.S. PIRG, titled “Apples to Twinkies: Comparing Federal Subsidies of Fresh Produce and Junk Food” found that between 1995 and 2010, the U.S. has spent more than $260 billion on agricultural subsidies.

Report | Food

Apples to Twinkies

America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially hard. Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the last three decades, with one in five kids aged 6 to 11 now obese.

News Release | U.S. PIRG | Food

Representative Jeff Flake Introduces REAPS Act

Statement of U.S. PIRG Federal Legislative Office Director Gary Kalman on the introduction of the Reducing the Deficit through Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies Act.

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