Consumer groups call for alcohol to be included in the push to reduce chronic disease

Sign-on letter urging Trump administration to include alcohol in efforts to reduce chronic disease

We, the undersigned organizations, write today to call your attention to the negative health effects of alcohol and to ask you to inform consumers by moving forward with alcohol labeling proposals that will help fulfill President Trump’s goal of Making America Healthy Again. Excess consumption of alcohol is associated with injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and multiple chronic diseases, including liver disease and cardiovascular disease, and is a leading cause of preventable cancer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, in 2020-2021 (the most recent year of data available), 178,000 deaths in the U.S. were attributable to excessive alcohol use (both acute and chronic). View the resource below to keep reading.

Letter to Secretary Kennedy and Dr. Monarez

The undersigned groups call on you to immediately reinstate and fund the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP)at CDC, which was eliminated on April 1st of this year as part of a widespread reduction in force of 10,000 employees across HHS. This division protects the American public from exposure to environmental health hazards, including toxic contaminants in food and water, infectious disease outbreaks in restaurants and on cruise ships, air pollution, radiation and chemical weapons exposures, mold, and other outbreaks caused by toxic substances. All the civil servants within this division were fired on April 1st, and the division has not yet been restored. View the resource below to keep reading

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