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WASHINGTON, D.C. April 1, 2011 - As negotiations around funding for the federal government continue into the weekend, many U.S. Senators and Representatives are speaking out to ensure that the final bill does not include attacks on public health and o...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 - Today, the D. C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of Nazul Gul and Adel Hamed, two former Guantánamo detainees whose habeas corpus cases were dismissed as moot by the district court after they were rese...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 1, 2011 - Ten years after starting a movement to put calories on chain restaurant menus and menu boards, the Center for Science in the Public Interest strongly supports the proposed menu labeling regulations released by the Food ...

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 - Serious health problems – including premature birth, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, asthma and allergies, early puberty, obesity, diabetes, reduced fertility, and some types of cancer – are increasingly li...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 1, 2011 - Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the CEO's of 15 chemical companies, seeking information about the production of chemicals that are persistent, bioaccumul...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 1, 2011 - Fishermen and river herring advocates are challenging the government for failing to protect sea herring, river herring, and shad from New England's industrial Atlantic herring fishery. The National Marine Fisheries S...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 1, 2011 —­ A U.S. Food and Drug Administration statement regarding milk contaminated with radiation from Japan failed to accurately inform and educate the public, four watchdog groups and a former senior advisor in the U.S. De...

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 – In a letter sent to the House of Representatives today, the American Civil Liberties Union asked representatives to cosponsor and vote for H.R. 1212, a bill that would reaffirm Congress' constitutional authority to decide ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 31, 2011 - Radiation from the ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan has reached the shores of the U.S., Europe and other nations far beyond Asia's borders. In response, a consumer watchdog is asking for Congressional oversight. Natio...

April 1, 2011 - EPIC testified today before the House Oversight Committee hearing "Why Isn't The Department Of Homeland Security Meeting The President's Standard On FOIA?" The hearing examined the DHS's political review of open government requests. T...