Healthy, student-driven meals in Onondaga County, NY

The nutritious and delicious meals and exciting student engagement opportunities offered at West Genesee Central School District provide a snapshot of everything it takes to operate a successful school meal program that promotes local produce and trying new fruits and vegetables. Here’s a closer look.

Constipation remedies that do (and don’t) work

Constipation frustration? Irregularity is common, but the real causes and best treatments might surprise you. Here’s what to know when you can’t go.

Autism is in the news. We explain why

Curious about what autism is, what causes it, and why you keep hearing about it? We’ve got answers.

Public health needs steady budgets—and federal funding uncertainty causes real harms, even if the money is later restored

Since early 2025, several large federal health grants to states have been suspended and then restored after legal challenges. Hundreds of millions of dollars that had already been allocated by Congress were briefly put on hold before the court intervened. From the outside, these episodes may look like routine disputes between states and the federal government, as such cancellations do happen. But inside state agencies and in communities, they create something more consequential: uncertainty that interrupts crucial public health programs–even if states ultimately get the money.

Vaccines don’t cause autism. Here’s how we know

Decades of strong science couldn’t be clearer: Vaccines do not cause autism. So where did the rumors linking vaccines and autism come from? And how do we know they’re not true?

What’s the best plant-based chicken that’s not breaded?

Beyond’s, Abbot’s, and Daring’s plant chicken products come close to the protein (and taste) of chicken breast without too much saturated fat or sodium.

CSPI's letter of support for David Kessler's citizen petition

The Center for Science in the Public Interest respectfully submits the following comment in support of the Citizen Petition to “Limit the Exposure of Refined Carbohydrates used in Industrial Processing in Order to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adults” filed by David A. Kessler on August 12, 2025 (docket number FDA-2025-P-3071; hereinafter referred to as the “petition”). CSPI is a non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization that has worked since 1971 to improve the public’s health through better nutrition and safer food. CSPI has an extensive history of advocating for policies that aim to improve the nutritional quality and safety of the U.S. diet through food chemical safety regulatory reform, food labeling, restaurant nutrition standards, school meals and competitive foods nutrition standards, and federal dietary guidance. View the resource below to keep reading.

Propylparaben

Propylparaben is used as an antimicrobial agent (preservative), flavoring agent and adjuvant (aids the function or performance of other chemical ingredients) in food products.

NY & CA lawmakers demand state government protect families’ health, pass food transparency reform

How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s vaccine agenda risks a resurgence of deadly childhood plagues

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is spreading doubts about the safety of vaccines and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.