
Why are potentially dangerous additives in America’s food?
The current Food and Drug Administration’s rules assume that foods are safe unless they’re proven to harm people. That’s the opposite of what it should be.
We should be able to trust that the food we buy in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health.
You want to lead a healthy life, and help your family do the same, and you trust that the food in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health or safety. But that’s not always the case, and the evidence connecting toxic pesticides to serious health risks, like cancer, continues to grow. It’s also clear that the early warning system for contaminated food, and our food recall system, need a serious overhaul. We can and should expect better.
The current Food and Drug Administration’s rules assume that foods are safe unless they’re proven to harm people. That’s the opposite of what it should be.
We know we can get factory farms to change their practices if America's largest restaurant chains commit to serving meat that has been raised without the routine use of medically important antibiotics.
Delattre: "Overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture is really problematic for public health... We’re not as serious as we should be about the problem.”
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PFAS, chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive disorders, are being sprayed directly onto food.
Chick-fil-A and Panera committed to cut meat grown with routine use of antibiotics, but now it could be back on the menu. That's bad for public health.
In 2023, 154 foods were recalled because of unlabeled allergens. How can people protect their health and avoid foods that could trigger dangerous allergies?
Andre Delattre, chief operating officer of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) in Washington, D.C., said the study "underscores the importance of ending the practice of routine use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. An inevitable byproduct of antibiotic overuse is resistance to these drugs," he told Fox News Digital.
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Consumer Watchdog, PIRG
State Director, Illinois PIRG; Energy and Utilities Program Director, PIRG