
Food for Thought 2025
Hospitalizations, deaths from contaminated food doubled in 2024 as recalls from Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli increased by 41%; 98% of all illnesses linked to just 13 outbreaks, ranging from cucumbers to deli meat
Hospitalizations, deaths from contaminated food doubled in 2024 as recalls from Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli increased by 41%; 98% of all illnesses linked to just 13 outbreaks, ranging from cucumbers to deli meat
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Loophole allows unsafe toys from overseas to flood market; inexpensive products often aren't inspected and don't meet U.S. safety standards
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Three years after the federal law took effect, less than half of phone companies have installed anti-robocall equipment; scam calls down only 17% while robotexts have tripled
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Across America, thousands of facilities that store or move oil, toxic chemicals or coal ash are located near waterways. These facilities are accidents waiting to happen.
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Data shows leaders and laggards for total electric school buses and combined investments driving electric school bus conversion.
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Fueled by satellite internet companies, the number of satellites in orbit is skyrocketing. The environmental risks may be massive.
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Deep-sea mining risks damaging vibrant ecosystems that science is just beginning to understand. And we don’t need it to meet the critical minerals challenge.
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Single-use plastic packaging is so common in our everyday lives that a future without it might seem a long way off. But examples of what that future might look like are already here.
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PIRG's report explains why facility fees are increasing in frequency and the impact they have on costs.
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