Creative Associate
3/5/2021
After 20 deaths and numerous cases of blindness and other injuries and illnesses last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in February for all alcohol-based hand sanitizers imported from Mexico.
3/5/2021
We can't let this chance to restore vital consumer protections slip through our fingers.
3/4/2021
How to avoid textile “wish-cycling” and why clothing companies need to bear responsibility for the waste crisis their products create.
3/2/2021
My first-hand, step-by-step guide to freezing your credit reports.
3/1/2021
Right to Repair continues at a rapid pace in 2021, as we now have 33 active bills in 21 state legislatures, while tractor repair takes center stage.
2/28/2021
Being a consumer is tough. We want to help make it a little easier. In recognition of Consumer Protection Week from Feb. 28-March 6, U.S. PIRG is providing key consumer protection advice. Check in here every day for our updated tips and tools.
2/25/2021
The United States has a toxic waste problem. But as financial burden for cleaning up that waste has shifted primarily to taxpayers, cleanups are lagging behind.
2/24/2021
Once again, product testing demonstrates that the risk of asbestos contamination in talc-based cosmetic products is simply too high to accept.
Elizabeth L. Cline: we need policy to stop new clothes from making a ‘straight line’ to the landfill
2/23/2021
We hear from the author and journalist on secondhand clothing, the fashion industry’s addiction to cheap fossil fuels and how to break the waste cycle.
2/19/2021
Farmers need software tools to fix their tractors but manufacturers such as John Deere won’t sell them, despite a 2018 agreement