Sign on letter to Senator Nelson on child nicotine poisoning -

August 11, 2014. On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and safety of children, we write to express our support for the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014. This legislation recognizes the danger that liquid nicotine used to refill electronic cigarettes poses to small children and gives the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) the authority to require the use of child-proof packaging on liquid nicotine containers sold to consumers.

Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund joins more than 3 dozen groups in supporting bills that ban hormone chemicals from food and beverage cans -

Read the text of the letter, signed by dozens of health and cancer related organizations, below: July 9, 2014 The Honorable Lois Capps 2231 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Grace Meng 1317 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative Capps and Representative Meng, The undersigned organizations are pleased to […]

Letter to House Appopriations Chairman and Ranking Member on opposition to cigar exemption -

To view as a PDF, click here. May 27, 2014 The Honorable Harold Rogers Chairman Committee on Appropriations United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Nita Lowey Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey: We are writing to express our […]

Coalition letter to FDA Commissioner about approving Cobas HPV test alone (without pap smear) and FDA response -

April 14, 2014. We are writing as members of the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition and other interested experts to express our grave concerns about the March 12, 2014 FDA meeting of the Microbiology Medical Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. Under consideration was the premarket approval of a new indication for the Cobas HPV test, as a first-line primary screening tool for cervical cancer in women aged 25 and older.