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Sam Clovis Withdraws Nomination to USDA

Statement of CSPI President Peter G. Lurie
November 2, 2017
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Defense Department Should Not Function as “Alt-FDA”

Statement of CSPI President Peter G. Lurie
November 7, 2017
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Food Safety Takes a Back Seat to Trade in the Trump Administration

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
November 15, 2017
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Antibiotic Use Down on Animal Farms

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
December 7, 2017
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FDA Plans Tougher Policing of Homeopathic Drugs

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
December 18, 2017
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Philadelphia Menu Sodium Warning Bill Makes Sense, Says CSPI

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
January 25, 2018
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Updated Nutrition Facts Label Date Should Be Call to Action for Food Industry

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
May 3, 2018
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Trump Administration Still Using Trade Talks to Torpedo Nutrition Labeling

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
September 6, 2018
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FDA Proposes Ambitious Strategy for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
September 14, 2018
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Trump Makes Corporations Great Again, Not Americans

By Dr. Peter G. Lurie, CSPI President
October 11, 2018
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Frequency of Unapproved Drug Ingredients in Supplements Indicates Need for Reform

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
October 12, 2018
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Antibiotics Sales for Farm Animals Dip Dramatically Following FDA Growth Promotion Ban

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
December 18, 2018
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FDA Announces Crackdown on Illegal Alzheimer’s Supplements and Proposes Broader Reforms

Statement of CSPI President Dr. Peter G. Lurie
February 11, 2019

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Are bio-identical hormones safer and more effective, as Suzanne Somers claims?

Actress Suzanne Somers touts bio-identical hormones as “an amazing alternative to conventional replacement therapy.”  But is there evidence that they’re safer and more effective than FDA-approved hormones, as she claims?

No, says women’s health researcher JoAnn E. Manson. In fact, some of them may be riskier, she adds.

Manson is professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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