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Tag: Deceitful Marketing
Special Investigative Report: Will GMOs Really Feed the World?
That’s what genetic engineering advocates claim. But science (and a shocking number of developing-world suicides) debunk this myth.
“Bad” LDL Cholesterol May Protect Us Against Cancer
LDL cholesterol is demonized, but we’ve told you the other side of the story. Now a new discovery adds to the growing list of health benefits.
The “Wild West” of Supplement Safety
This week, Dateline NBC ran a “shocking exposé” of “dangerous supplements.” We separate fact from fiction.
ADA Claims We’re Lying. So Why Can’t They Rebut a Single Thing We Said?
They call our statements “erroneous,” “ridiculous,” “untruths,” “falsehoods,” and “outright lies,” but refuse to address even one of our “wild accusations.” They want to call us liars? Let them prove it!
Don’t Like the Competition Talking about Science? No Problem, Just Take ’Em to Court
It isn’t just the FDA that wants to censor science in America. Three major plastic bag manufacturers are suing eco-friendly ChicoBag simply for citing scientific facts and statistics. Strike back with our new Action Alert!
Raw and Organic Almonds Lawsuit Scores Its First Major Victory
A group of almond growers has been fighting for three years to keep their almonds from being adulterated against their will. Now their plea will finally be heard in federal court.
Drug Ads
According to Nielsen Media Research, spending on direct-to-consumer drug ads reached $5 billion in 2008, with every American seeing up to 16 hours of these commercials on television each year. A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine warns how direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising escalates the cost of prescription drugs.
Alliance for Natural Health Takes Aim at the Marketing of Splenda on Facebook
Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), the British counterpart to AAHF, has published a brilliant position paper on the marketing campaign being used to sell Splenda Mist.
Trilateral Cooperation Charter—Can We Count on Assurances of No Harmonization?
The Trilateral Cooperation Charter, or TCC, is an agreement signed in 2004 by Mexico, Canada, and the US. Its purpose is to increase communication, collaboration, and the exchange of information among the three countries in the areas of drugs, biologics, medical devices, food safety and nutrition—in theory, an exchange of “best practices.”