New plan could be single biggest step our country takes to curb plastic waste
New plan could be single biggest step our country takes to curb plastic waste
Public Health | U.S. PIRG
Get the lead out
The kids are back at school. How do we make sure their water is safe to drink?
Public Health | U.S. PIRG
Ban Roundup
Rather than require warning labels for Roundup, the Trump administration is moving to prohibit them.
Consumer Tips | U.S. PIRG
How can you save money on college?
Our back-to-school guide can help students cut costs on textbooks, computers and more.
Public Health | U.S. PIRG
This could be great, but what about e-cigarettes and vaping?
As federal officials consider bold action to warn the public about the health risks of cigarette smoking, we're highlighting that it’s also time for the FDA to take similarly bold action to address the youth vaping epidemic.
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News Release | CALPIRG
Oakland – With school kids “back to school”, and the legislature wrapping up their 2019 session, CALPIRG today released a new free toolkit to help parents, teachers and administrators Get the Lead Out of school drinking water. With a lack of complete information on lead contamination in schools throughout the state, CALPIRG Education Fund provide this tool to grapple with this serious health threat facing our children.
News Release | CALPIRG
Last night the California state Legislature failed to act on the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act before they adjourned for the year. The landmark companion bills put California on a path to reducing single-use packaging and foodware by 75 percent by 2030.
News Release | US PIRG
In a big win for keeping antibiotics effective, Chick-fil-A announced today that it has officially met its 2014 goal of eliminating chicken raised with antibiotics from its supply chain and now serves No Antibiotics Ever(NAE) chicken in all 2,400+ of its U.S. restaurants.
News Release | CALPIRG
Yesterday California legislature gave final approval to a bill that would require all precinct polling locations to offer same-day voter registration. In 2018, most counties only offered one same-day voter registration location in the entire county. SB 72 (Umberg) now heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk for his signature.
News Release | CALPIRG
Statement by Laura Deehan, Public Health Advocate for CALPIRG
“With AB 48, the California legislature is proposing to make a downpayment on the investment needed to get the lead out of California school drinking water.”
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