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This New Vegetable is a Must-Try

June 19, 2017
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Breakup Between McDonald’s and the Olympics Long Overdue

Statement of CSPI President Michael F. Jacobson
June 16, 2017
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Trump Administration Delays Nutrition Facts Updates

Statement of CSPI Health Promotion Policy Director Jim O'Hara
June 13, 2017
A box of Wheat Thins displays an updated Nutrition Facts label.
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The Fastest Growing Cause of Cancer Death

June 12, 2017
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Food Watchdog Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Menu Labeling

FDA Delayed Compliance and Jeopardized Public Health
June 7, 2017
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Running on Empty

June 1, 2017
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Can You Lengthen Your Telomeres to Live Longer?

May 25, 2017
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More and Better Review Needed to Resolve Sucralose Cancer Concerns

Statement of CSPI Senior Scientist Lisa Lefferts
May 22, 2017
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Groups Sue FDA to Protect Food Safety

Seek to Ensure Food Additives Are Found Safe Before Being Marketed to American Consumers
May 22, 2017
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43 Scientists, Researchers Call on Price, Gottlieb to Keep Nutrition Facts Deadline

May 18, 2017

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Nutrition Tips

How to Avoid Getting Sick from Mechanically-Tenderized Meat

About a week after eating a medium-rare steak at a family restaurant, 87-year-old Margaret Lamkin of Iowa “started having diarrhea and it didn’t let up,” she told The Kansas City Star. Stricken with an E. coli O157:H7 infection, Lamkin was admitted to a hospital where she had her colon removed and was given a colostomy bag to use for the rest of her life.

“I had a very difficult time adapting to this bag, changing and cleaning,” she said. “Oh, we had so many accidents. It was just terrible,” she recalled.

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