Center for Science in the Public Interest

The Center for Science in the Public Interest ( CSPI ) is a consumer organization based in Washington, DC; their focus is education on nutrition.

History

Conductor is Michael F. Jacobson, who founded the group in 1971, together with James Sullivan and Albert Fritsch. All scientists are from Ralph Nader's Center for the Study of Responsive Law. Initially, the CSPI also took care to environmental issues and nuclear power. After the departure of Fritsch and Sullivan 1977, the CSPI focused exclusively on nutrition issues and food safety.

The annual budget is approximately $ 17 million; 5 to 10 percent of these are grants from private foundations. Main source of income of the CSPI 's Nutrition Action Health Letter, which has about 900,000 subscribers and contains no corporate advertising.