Los Angeles Times: Consumer groups seek probe into CarMax sales of unrepaired...
Two consumer groups have asked California’s attorney general and the Department of Motor Vehicles to investigate the sales practices of used car giant CarMax. The California Public Interest Research...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: Consumer Bureau Chalks Up Victories
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the little agency Wall Street banks and debt collectors love to hate because it works for consumers, not them," said Emily Rusch, executive director of the...
View Article12 of America's Biggest Highway Boondoggles
Given that expanding highways at great public cost doesn’t improve rush-hour traffic, there are better ways to spend this money, argue report authors Jeff Inglis of Frontier Group and John C. Olivieri...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
"Despite these successes, we need to re-double our efforts to counter new threats from superbugs that increasingly diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics. We will continue to ramp up our consumer...
View ArticleSacramento Bee: Public Transit Needs More Investment
The central premise of the recent opinion piece, “Invest tax dollars in roads, not public transportation” is that Californians have given up on public transit, and we need to invest more in roads...
View ArticleIn-N-Out commitment causes media frenzy
In-N-Out just became the first burger chain in the nation to commit to phase out the use of routine antibiotics from its beef production!
View ArticleCALPIRG Op-Ed in the San Jose Mercury News: Unsafe levels of lead in drinking...
Right now, far too many schools in California are finding lead levels that threaten children’s health and development.
View ArticleDrinking lead—why California may force all schools to test their water
CALPIRG Public Health Advocate Jason Pfeifle is quoted in this piece, noting, "“If a school finds a positive lead test or finds that a drinking fountain has elevated levels of lead, then it’s already...
View ArticleOpinion: Poisoning Oakland kids with lead not a budget solution
Oped by CALPIRG Executive Director Emily Rusch and Dr. Vicki Alexander: Kids are back in school, and Oakland Unified is still putting them at risk of lead exposure. This has to stop now.
View ArticleGaps in California law requiring schools to test for lead could leave...
No action is required at hundreds of schools across California where tests found lead in drinking water at levels at or under 15 parts per billion. Public health advocates, including the American...
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