Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years. Tell your legislators to support legislation that could reduce plastic waste by 75 percent by 2030.
Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years. Tell your legislators to support legislation that could reduce plastic waste by 75 percent by 2030.
Consumer Protection
CALPIRG sets ambitious legislative agenda for 2020
Released Jan. 30, CALPIRG's Legislative Agenda charts a clear course for 2020. Some of our priorities include pursuing the transition to a zero-waste economy, reducing our exposure to toxic substances by getting the lead out of school drinking water and toxic chemicals out of our personal care products, and much more.
Public Health
Committee fails to pass ban on toxic chemicals in personal care products
Too often, the personal care products we use every day contain toxic ingredients — and California just passed up a big opportunity to do something about it. The California Assembly failed to pass the Toxics Free Cosmetics Act (AB 495) out of the health committee in late January, which would have banned the toxic ingredients found in many of our everyday products, including lead, mercury, formaldehyde and asbestos.
Public Health
EPA review insists glyphosate not linked to cancer
On Jan. 30, EPA finalized its review of the main active ingredient in Bayer/Monsanto's ubiquitous weedkiller, Roundup. Despite its designation as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization's cancer research agency, the EPA reaffirmed its stance that glyphosate is not a carcinogen. Read more about our campaign to ban Roundup.
Solid Waste
New federal bill calls for U.S. to move beyond plastic
On Feb. 11, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and U.S. Rep. Alan Lowenthal introduced legislation that would phase out unnecessary single-use plastics, which commonly end up clogging our landfills and polluting our environment. It also provides funding for recycling and composting infrastructure, and would shift the financial burden of managing waste and recyclables from town and city governments to the manufacturers.
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News & Research
News Release | CALPIRG
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Thursday the California Assembly reintroduced the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 2762. If passed, the law would ban 12 toxic ingredients, such as mercury and formaldehyde, from the beauty and personal care products Californians use every day.
News Release | CALPIRG
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Thursday the California Assembly reintroduced the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 2762. If passed, the law would ban 12 toxic ingredients, such as mercury and formaldehyde, from the beauty and personal care products Californians use every day.
News Release | CALPIRG Education Fund
San Jose -- Americans are not hearing about food recalls, and that communication breakdown is having serious repercussions for public health. For example, less than two years ago, people kept getting sick for months after 12 million pounds of Salmonella-contaminated beef was recalled. The pattern has repeated for other recalls even when news outlets have publicized warnings from food safety agencies.
News Release | U.S. PIRG
Congress must hold companies accountable for failing to protect condumers' confidential information.
Blog Post
It’s common-sense: If something you own breaks, you should be able to fix it. But manufacturers don’t see it that way. Instead, they use a set of tactics to block independent repair because they want consumers to have to come to them to do repairs. Right to Repair made considerable progress in 2019, and just a little over a month into 2020, we’re seeing continued momentum.
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