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Tell Congress: Give hospitals the right to repair lifesaving equipment

Hospital technicians are being restricted from repairing the medical equipment that saves lives — and patients are suffering because of it.

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Hand sanitizer shouldn't make us sick

These days, many of us are using a lot more hand sanitizer than we used to. We need to be able to count on it being safe.

But in just the past few months, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a disturbingly high number of hand sanitizer brands that may be contaminated with toxic chemicals that can make you sick — or worse.

Despite that, the FDA still doesn’t require companies to test their sanitizers for contamination. Join us in calling on the FDA to implement strong testing requirements.

Contaminated sanitizers are seriously dangerous.

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As electronic waste piles up, we still don't have the right to repair our own devices

When manufacturers make it so we can’t repair our electronic devices, the unnecessary waste piles up — literally. Last year, we generated almost 59 million tons of e-waste worldwide. To put that massive number in perspective, it’s 162 times the weight of the Empire State Building.

It’s hard to say exactly how much of that waste could have been avoided, but we know it’s a lot. Manufacturers have an incentive to keep us buying new products instead of repairing the ones we already have, and they often make repair difficult or impossible.

Tell legislators in your state to support our right

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We need fair protections for our credit during this crisis

Americans shouldn’t have to worry about emerging from the current economic crisis with their credit reports seriously damaged.

But, whether due to financial struggles brought on by the pandemic or costly mistakes in their credit reports, many are at risk of suffering long-standing damage to their credit. Congress needs to step up and ensure that we won't be paying the consequences of an economic crisis with our credit for years to come.

Tell your senators: Pass a ban on negative credit reporting to help protect consumers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Credit reports matter — they’re

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Tell Google to end its ban on independent repair shops

How is this fair? Manufacturers can advertise on Google’s search engine, but Google bans independent repair shops from doing the same.

We need to have options when it comes to repairing our devices — it saves us money and reduces electronic waste. Sign our letter to Google asking it to end its ban on independent repair companies.

The ban came out of Google’s attempt to crack down on scammers posing as repair companies. To keep legitimate repair businesses from being shut out, Google said it would create a verification system that would allow them to resume advertising.

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