U.S. PIRG
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U.S. PIRG, the United States Public Interest Research Group, is a state-based, citizen-funded advocacy group that promotes the public interest.
United States
Joined May 2009
New Report w/ @uspirg Education Fund We identified 5 of the most-used generic “#therapist” or “#psychiatrist” characters on https://t.co/mpWDjjIJat & had an open-ended conversation with each about #MentalHealth. The responses were extremely troubling https://t.co/MdXMS7IP5z
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New report released by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the Consumer Federation of America finds that chatbots marketed as therapist characters can pose serious risks to users’ well-being and privacy.
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My colleagues at @uspirg just put out a new report looking into the risks of using AI chatbots as mental health therapists. Scary stuff! https://t.co/XE0HxvLcZs
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AI chatbots sound increasingly human-like. When used for therapy, this new tech can come with risks to people’s well-being and privacy.
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Stay safe this weekend.
Should you be dripping your faucet this weekend to keep your pipes from freezing? Here are @EnvironmentTex's top tips for making sure your pipes don't freeze during this weekend's cold weather. Everyone stay warm! https://t.co/o25s2pB5L6
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The F-35 is proof we need #RightToRepair. Read the full article by Charlie Schuyler and Nathan Proctor: https://t.co/PXKAlVlMaL
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Napster-era copyright laws gave modern manufacturers license to stifle repairs. Read the full article by Right to Repair Associate Julius Shieh: https://t.co/wkJYXISkcx
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Together with @backmarket, we’re calling out the worst offenders at CES. Worst in Show is back, and voting is officially open. If a product is glued shut, impossible to fix, or screams planned obsolescence, congratulations, it might be a frontrunner. Vote now at the link below!
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For our End of Year Drive, we’re raising funds to help tackle plastic pollution in the year ahead. Will you donate today to help PIRG move our country beyond plastic? https://t.co/L5IQ08XGu4
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Every single year, the United States generates an unbelievable 35 million tons of plastic waste. We're the world's single biggest plastic polluter.
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In the new year, we’ll be urging companies to cut down on wasteful plastic packaging, advocating for the right to repair our electronics, and more. You can help make that work possible by donating before midnight on Dec 31: https://t.co/L5IQ08X8Ew
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62% of that trash either ends up being piled into our ever-expanding landfills or being burned in incinerators. Only 24% is recycled and only 9% is composted.
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In a single year, we threw out over 265 million metric tons of trash here in the U.S, which is equivalent to about 726 Empire State Buildings.
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One thing is clear: we have a massive waste problem. Our throwaway economy takes valuable natural resources and turns them into trash, often for products that are used for only a few seconds, creating pollution at every step along the way.
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We produce a whole lot of trash. But where does it all go? “Trash in America” breaks down exactly how much Americans throw away in a year and where all that stuff goes. https://t.co/TAGHl2MXeh
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Every 16 hours, Americans throw away enough plastic to fill the country’s largest football stadium to the brim. There’s no doubt about it: The plastic waste problem is huge. But how do different solutions stack up as far as fixing the problem? https://t.co/s50NGufHCM
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PIRG’s team of researchers and advocates, fueled by supporters like you, are taking strides toward making a future beyond plastic possible.
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We should be able to trust that our farms and food are free of toxic chemicals -- but one billion pounds of pesticides are used to grow our food each year. https://t.co/47vThJTUPW
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We should be able to trust that our farms and food are free of toxic chemicals -- but one billion pounds of pesticides are used to grow our food each year.
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Cleaning up every single plastic pellet that enters our environment isn’t the solution. We need to stop plastic pollution at the source by reducing the amount of plastic we produce in the first place.
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From just a single spill in 2021, billions of nurdles blanketed nearby beaches after a shipping container sank off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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Countless plastic pellets are lost in shipping spills, and once they’re floating through the ocean, they can look like yummy snacks to sea turtles or other aquatic life.
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Because they’re so small, they can escape into our waterways at virtually any point of their lifespan. And once they’re loose in the environment, cleaning them up is almost impossible.
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These tiny pellets -- sometimes called “nurdles” -- are about the size of a grain of rice, and they make up the building blocks of all plastic production. Trillions of them enter our environment every single year. That’s trillions with a T.
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