There were 270 food and beverage recalls in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That marked a 27 percent decrease from 2020. But fewer recalls doesn’t necessarily mean safer food.
Farmers across the country have joined the call for Right to Repair reforms, which would expand repair choice by giving farmers and independent mechanics access to necessary repair materials at a fair and reasonable price.
2021 reminds us the system is broken. Federal laws favor corporations, not consumers, and it can take months or years for the public to be warned about dangerous products.
The Superfund toxic waste cleanup program is in charge of cleaning up America's most dangerous toxic waste sites. But for years, it's been underfunded, which has slowed down cleanup and put more people at risk of exposure to hazardous waste. The Funding the Future of Superfund: Addressing decades of slowing toxic waste cleanup report addresses the progress of the Superfund program in 2021 and what new funding from the reinstated "polluter pays" tax will mean for the future of Superfund toxic waste cleanup.
In October, the CFPB sent orders to 6 major Big Tech firms -- Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Square, and PayPal -- requesting information concerning their entry into the payments space. Download the comment filed by U.S. PIRG and the Center for Digital Democracy here. It highlights our concerns over the firms' surveillance business model and its impact on consumers, competitors and the regulated banking system.
This is the memorandum of law our attorneys filed with the U.S. District Court in support of our motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit against the Trump CFPB for establishing an illegal "TaskForce on Federal Consumer Financial Law."
This week, the Biden CFPB agreed to favorably settle a lawsuit brought by DemocracyForward against the Trump CFPB on behalf of U.S. PIRG, National Association of Consumer Advocates and Professor Kathleen Engel over its creation of an illegal "Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law." This document describes the terms.
When the COVID-19 pandemic turned life upside down in early 2020 and commercial flights came to a near-halt, the U.S. government gave the airline industry $50 billion to save jobs and keep the industry afloat. Since then, despite surviving because of their customers’ tax dollars, the airlines repeatedly have canceled and delayed flights, denied refunds and failed at customer service, according to complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A toolkit to help parents, teachers and school officials get the facts on lead in drinking water and take action to ensure safe drinking water at school
A toolkit to help parents, teachers and school officials get the facts on lead in drinking water and take action to ensure safe drinking water at school
