Los Angeles a Hot Zone for Chemical Risks
For Immediate Release Thursday, January 9, 2014Los Angeles, CA - Community leaders pushed the Obama administration to take bold strides to reduce the danger posed to communities by high-risk chemical...
View ArticleTake Steps to Prevent Chemical Spills
CALPIRG Education Fund Sacramento Bee Thursday, January 23, 2014Garo ManjikianThe chemical facility in West Virginia leaked toxic chemicals into the Elk River, putting hundreds of thousands of people...
View ArticleConsumers Urge Trader Joe’s to Stop Selling Meat Raised on Antibiotics
For Immediate Release Thursday, August 28, 2014Monrovia, CA – Consumers Union and USPIRG deliver thousands of new petition signatures from consumers to Trader Joe’s corporate headquarters in Monrovia...
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Weak Medicine
Released by: CALPIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Weak Medicine CALPIRG.pdfMillions of Americans rely on antibiotics every year to treat infections, but unfortunately,...
View ArticleNEW POLL REVEALS OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF DOCTORS CONCERNED ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS...
For Immediate Release Thursday, October 23, 2014The overwhelming majority of doctors -- a total of 93 percent -- are concerned about the common meat industry practice of using antibiotics on healthy...
View ArticleSuperbug Outbreak at UCLA Hospital
Friday, February 20, 2015According to media reports this week, up to 180 patients may have been exposed to a potentially deadly superbug from contaminated medical scopes used at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan...
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Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics on Factory Farms
WHAT IF ANTIBIOTICS STOPPED WORKING?If you are like most Americans, you or someone in your family has been prescribed antibiotics to treat an illness. Maybe it was a simple ear infection, or strep...
View ArticleFollowing Public Pressure, Subway Announces Plan to Transition to Meat Raised...
For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 20, 2015Statement by Jason Pfeifle, CALPIRG Public Health Advocate, on Subway's announcement that they will transition away from buying meat raised with...
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Victory! Subway Commits to Help Save Antibiotics
BlogWednesday, October 21, 2015Yesterday Subway announced their plan to serve only antibiotic-free meat. Subway announced that they will completely phase out all antibiotic meat by 2025, with...
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Health Insurance Tips
Looking for health coverage? Covered California, the new health insurance marketplace, could save you time and money. Use our tips to make the most of this new tool.1. Check out new options at Covered...
View Article80+ groups call on Yum! Brands to help save antibiotics
For Immediate Release Thursday, January 28, 2016Mr. Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer Yum! Brands 5200 Commerce Crossings Dr. Louisville, KY 40229We write you as representatives of organizations...
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A nationwide call: KFC, help save antibiotics!
Friday, January 29, 2016I’m excited to say we joined over eighty organizations yesterday in calling on KFC to purchase meat raised without routine antibiotics!Last year we saw many in the chicken...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
U.S. PIRG Huffington Post Friday, January 29, 2016Laura RogersLeading organizations (full disclosure: including mine) have joined together and set their sights on Yum! Brands, which includes Kentucky...
View ArticleOver 50 Groups Call on Restaurant Chain to Change Beef Sourcing Policies
For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 24, 2016CONTACTS: Jason Pfeifle, CALPIRG Education Fund, (626) 221-4925, jpfeifle@calpirg.org Kari Hamerschlag, Friends of the Earth, (510) 207-7257,...
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50+ Organizations Letter to In-N-Out Burgers CEO Lynsi Snyder
Public HealthFoodFebruary 24, 2016 President Lynsi Snyder In-N-Out Burgers 13502 Hamburger Lane Baldwin Park, CA 91706Dear Ms. Snyder,We write you as a coalition representing millions of supporters to...
View ArticleCoalition Letter to In-N-Out Burger regarding its Antibiotics Policy
BlogMonday, February 29, 2016Jason PfeifleFebruary 25, 2016Dear Keith Brazeau,We are heartened and encouraged by In-N-Out Burger's recent statement to the OC Register that the company is "committed to...
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In-N-Out commitment causes media frenzy
Saturday, March 5, 2016Jason Pfeifle Have you seen the headlines? Just 24 hours after receiving a letter from our coalition -- and getting hundreds of comments on its Facebook page -- In-N-Out issued a...
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Getting Personal with Chemicals
Released by: CALPIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, June 29, 2016CALPIRG Consumer Guide final.pdfWe should be able to trust that the products we buy are safe — especially the ones our...
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Calling for Big Action on Antibiotics in the Big Apple
Monday, September 26, 2016Last week, we were in New York City, where the United Nations General Assembly spent an entire day discussing antibiotic resistance, “the biggest threat to modern medicine.”...
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Get the Lead Out
Released by: CALPIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017CAE GetTheLeadOut Feb17.pdfOver the past two years, the tragedy of Flint, Michigan has stunned the nation. We watched the...
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