Protecting Democracy [1]

American democracy is in jeopardy, from the disastrous Citizens United ruling that flooded our politics with corporate cash to the immoral assault on voting rights. We work every day to defend against these threats and advance bold reforms.

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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

Protecting Elected Officials from Threats
Making Government Work [2]

The U.S. government should work for the public, not corporations or industry. It should safeguard consumers, workers and the environment, and be funded well enough to do so. The budget process must not be obstructed by partisanship.

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It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity
Consumer & Worker Safeguards [3]

Every day, Big Banks, Big Polluters, and Big Tech companies are threatening our economy, our environment, and our democracy – sacrificing Main Street Americans and our families on the altar of corporate profits. Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people by taking on corporate interests and their cronies in government.

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Trump Guts Enforcement, Greenlights Corporate Crime Spree

Trump’s Executive Order Aims to Illegally Undermine Federal Independent Agencies, Shield Big Corporations from Accountability
Safe & Affordable Drugs & Devices [4]

Prescription drugs are unaffordable and new drugs and devices often are approved without being proven safe and effective. Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all.

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Health Care [5]

Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn’t meet acceptable standards of quality. Much of the care that we get is unaffordable, unnecessary or harmful. Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials.

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Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2021-2023

Report: Failed Trials, Yet Full FDA Approval of a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
Globalization & Trade [6]

As the division of Public Citizen that fights for a fairer global economy, we face unique challenges working on trade policy under Donald Trump’s presidency.

Trump has now twice won elections in part by weaponizing the very real frustrations many American voters have with their place in an increasingly complex and unequal global economy.

But instead of a real plan to uplift working people, Trump’s trade agenda is just another ploy to enrich himself and his billionaire friends.

Global Trade Watch seeks to hold Trump accountable and reveal the lie behind his faux populist claims. We will work to avoid the worst outcomes of his agenda, and where rare opportunities for progress arise, we will seize them. We will resist corporate attempts to revert to neoliberalism, and maintain our focus on creating a sustainable vision of global trade that uplifts workers across borders.

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Climate & Energy [7]

The climate crisis is the challenge of our time. We can fix it with solutions that will make us healthier and more economically secure. We must act quickly to make our economy run on renewable power — and ensure that disadvantaged families and displaced workers share equitably in the new economy. We also must fight the corrupting power of fossil fuel companies and ensure that energy regulators are effective and publicly accountable.

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Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record
Justice & the Courts [8]

Litigation can remedy or deter wrongdoing, impact policy and meaningfully slow abuses of power. Whether suing on behalf of our members to ensure the honest functioning of government, or representing individual consumers seeking redress in court, our litigation draws on our expertise in administrative law, constitutional law, and government transparency.

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Advocating more rigorous FDA oversight of dietary supplements

With few exceptions, there is no evidence that dietary supplements are safe and effective for their marketed uses. Because supplements are regulated as foods, they are exempt from the tougher regulation accorded to drugs. But like drugs, supplements should be shown to be safe and effective for their purported uses before being marketed.

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We serve as a watchdog for dietary supplements that are dangerous or don’t live up to marketers’ claims.

Uncertain Net Benefits for Most Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Healthy Adults

Healthy adults without nutritional deficiencies don't need to take single or multiple mineral or vitamin supplements to prevent cardiovascular disease or cancer.

Outrage of the Month: New Research Reveals FDA Fails to Protect Consumers from Dangerous Dietary Supplements

The FDA must ensure that dietary-supplement makers who receive FDA warning letters promptly and permanently cease marketing illegal supplements.

Petition to the FDA to Amend the List of Drug Products That Were Withdrawn or Removed From the Market Because They Were Deemed Unsafe or Ineffective

The FDA should add a weight loss drug and an antibiotic to its official list of drugs withdrawn or removed from the market.

Uncertain Net Benefits for Most Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Healthy Adults

February 1, 2023

Outrage of the Month: New Research Reveals FDA Fails to Protect Consumers from Dangerous Dietary Supplements

September 1, 2022

Press Releases

Petition: FDA Should Promptly Add Banned Weight Loss and Antibiotic Drugs to the List of Withdrawn Drugs, Amend Listing Policy

April 13, 2021

Outrage of the Month: “Male-Enhancing” Dietary Supplements Were Tainted With Dangerous Drugs

September 1, 2020

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FDA Refuses to Ban Heart-Toxic Dietary Supplements Containing Cesium, Endangering Patients and Ignoring Agency’s Own Expert Assessment

February 5, 2020

Letters, Testimony & Filings

Public Citizen Seeks Ban of Dangerous Cesium Dietary Supplements

December 1, 2018

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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

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Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

Trump Guts Enforcement, Greenlights Corporate Crime Spree

Trump’s Executive Order Aims to Illegally Undermine Federal Independent Agencies, Shield Big Corporations from Accountability

Join the Movement

Win Medicare for All

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2021-2023

Report: Failed Trials, Yet Full FDA Approval of a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy

Join the Trade Justice Movement

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record

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Advocating more rigorous FDA oversight of dietary supplements

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Uncertain Net Benefits for Most Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Healthy Adults

Outrage of the Month: New Research Reveals FDA Fails to Protect Consumers from Dangerous Dietary Supplements

Petition to the FDA to Amend the List of Drug Products That Were Withdrawn or Removed From the Market Because They Were Deemed Unsafe or Ineffective

Public Citizen’s Health Letter

Dr. Robert Steinbrook Named Director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group

Outrage of the Month: FDA Guidance on Homeopathic Drugs: An Ongoing Public Health Failure

Uncertain Net Benefits for Most Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Healthy Adults

Outrage of the Month: New Research Reveals FDA Fails to Protect Consumers from Dangerous Dietary Supplements

Petition: FDA Should Promptly Add Banned Weight Loss and Antibiotic Drugs to the List of Withdrawn Drugs, Amend Listing Policy

Outrage of the Month: “Male-Enhancing” Dietary Supplements Were Tainted With Dangerous Drugs

FDA Refuses to Ban Heart-Toxic Dietary Supplements Containing Cesium, Endangering Patients and Ignoring Agency’s Own Expert Assessment

Public Citizen Seeks Ban of Dangerous Cesium Dietary Supplements

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