Safe At Home in 2025?
Injuries from hazardous consumer products hit 8-year high in 2024
Report
‘Failing the Fix’ scorecard grades Apple, Samsung, Google, others on how fixable their devices are
Nobody walks into an electronics store and thinks, “I’m going to buy something that can’t be fixed.” Our newly-updated scorecard helps you choose repairable phones and laptops from brands that support your Right to Repair.
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
Who’s calling?
Half of largest phone companies earn D’s or F’s on robocall protections
Here are the robocall-fighting services phone providers are allowed to offer
Food for Thought – Archive of PIRG reports
Public Interest Research has drilled down on food safety issues for years, with past research on food recall trends, grocery stores' effort to notify shoppers and the impact of haphazard date labels on food packaging.
The State of Right to Repair
New analysis by repair advocates underscores need for enforcement, further state progress to ensure people can fix their stuff
Trouble in Toyland 2024: Unsafe toys that slip through border
Loophole allows unsafe toys from overseas to flood market; inexpensive products often aren't inspected and don't meet U.S. safety standards
Less coal, more oil: Climate pollution trends by state
Greenhouse gas pollution decreased in 44 states from 2005 to 2022, and increased in six.
Ringing in Our Fears 2024
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