Trendy, expensive IV therapies are not worth the risk

IV therapies promising to cure hangovers or the flu, help you lose weight, or even prevent aging are everywhere these days. But they’re expensive and risky.

New Dietary Guidelines undercut science and sow confusion

Is saturated fat good or bad?

Despite health experts’ recommendations to cut back on saturated fat, you’ve likely heard that you don’t need to worry. What’s the truth? We’ve got answers.

Flavor report: Hidden ingredients

The way a food tastes and smells is important when it comes to choosing what we eat. Food companies engineer foods to ensure they taste and smell appealing by adding flavors and spices. These can be natural substances or chemicals synthesized in a laboratory. They can be a single ingredient—like vanilla extract, dried basil, or a specific chemical—or blends of many ingredients formulated and developed by professional flavorists.

Food industry hides unsafe ingredients behind vague terms like ‘flavor’

Manufacturers hide thousands of food chemicals—some deemed unsafe in other countries—from consumers and the FDA via vague ingredient labels and lax oversight.

CSPI in 2025: Advancing food safety & public health for all

Your support helped CSPI’s efforts to ban harmful food additives, safeguard infant foods, improve retail policies, and restore funds for scientific research. Thank you for making 2025 a healthier year for all!

5 things we want to see in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines

CSPI's wish list for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for added sugars, saturated fat, sweetened beverages, alcohol consumption, low-fat milk, and more.

Congress steps into USDA’s traditional role on child nutrition standards

The FDA rarely forces manufacturers to recall dangerous medical devices, watchdog report finds

Lawmakers requested the report after a 2023 ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation revealed that the FDA had received hundreds of complaints over many years about defective breathing machines and never ordered a recall.

Titanium dioxide: Hiding in holiday treats, dairy, and more

The color additive titanium dioxide can potentially cause DNA damage but is used in Christmas treats and dairy products. Tell the dairy industry to ditch TiO2.