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#KickTheCan: BPA still found in many grocery stores’ canned foods

Thursday, May 18, 2017
By | Dev Gowda
Director, Campaign for Toxic-Free Products

We’re all told to watch out for BPA in drinking bottles and baby products. But how about BPA in the cans that contain our food? A recent study by Center for Environmental Health (CEH) reveals that the toxic chemical BPA is readily found in canned foods. BPAs are often used in the liners of canned food to keep the aluminum from interacting with the food.

News Release | Public Health, Consumer Protection

L'Oréal: Pledge to Be Toxic-Free

Today, Illinois PIRG, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (a project of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP)), and Safer Chemicals Healthy Families delivered more than 150,000 petition signatures calling on the multinational cosmetic giant L’Oréal USA to eliminate cancer causing chemicals and to disclose its secret “fragrance” chemicals. 

A step forward for digital privacy

Friday, May 5, 2017
By | Abe Scarr
State Director

Yesterday, the Illinois State Senate passed common sense legislation giving consumers the right to know what personal information websites and apps are collecting, maintaining, and selling.

CFPB Is On The Job Protecting Consumers

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

While powerful special interests, Senators, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and the White House call for dismantling the CFPB, firing its excellent director, or worse, CFPB continues to be an agency that is on the job, conducting business as usual to protect consumers. Its latest "Monthly Complaint Snapshot" is an open window into the many reasons we need a strong CFPB.

News Release | U.S. PIRG | Consumer Protection

Court to Rehear CFPB’s Constitutionality

Statement by Mike Landis, Litigation Director at U.S. PIRG, about today’s decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear en banc the panel ruling against the CFPB’s independent leadership. 

News Release | Consumer Protection

Unilever: Go Toxic-Free

On Valentine’s Day, consumer groups thank Unilever for great first step in disclosing fragrance ingredients and call on personal care giant to go toxic-free.

News Release | U.S. PIRG | Consumer Protection

Executive Orders Threaten CFPB, Other Critical Wall Street Reforms

The President is expected to sign Executive Orders today designed to re-rig the financial system by dismantling critical Wall Street reforms, including to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Our statement in opposition is below.

Protecting Consumers from Runaway Gas Bills

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
By | Abe Scarr
State Director

The Illinois Commerce Commission is considering action that could hike Chicago gas bills for decades to come.

Protecting Consumers from Runaway Gas Bills

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
By | Abe Scarr
State Director

The Illinois Commerce Commission is considering action that could hike Chicago gas bills for decades to come.

News Release | U.S. PIRG | Consumer Protection

PIRG, Consumer Advocates Join Fight to Protect CFPB in Court

Today, U.S. PIRG, Americans for Financial Reform, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Center for Responsible Lending, Self-Help Credit Union and Maeve Elise Brown, who chairs the CFPB Consumer Advisory Board, filed a motion with the DC Circuit, US Court of Appeals for leave to intervene in PHH vs. CFPB, a lawsuit challenging the CFPB's single-director structure. Today, Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) and Rep. Maxine Waters (CA), ranking members of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees, also filed a similar motion. Earlier this week, 17 state Attorneys General filed a similar motion on behalf of their citizens. 

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