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The “Milk Mustache” Ads Are All Wet
The “milk mustache” ads’ health claims violate federal advertising guidelines, according to a PCRM petition filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in April. The ad campaign has tried to seduce consumers with promises of strong bones, lower blood pressure, and better sports p |
PCRM Goes to Court Over False Dairy Weight-Loss Claims
On June 28, PCRM filed two separate lawsuits to stop a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign claiming that milk facilitates weight loss. PCRM charges the National Dairy Council, the International Dairy Foods Association, Dairy Management, Inc., Dannon Company, Kraft |
How You Can Help Reform the March of Dimes
1. Tell other people about the March of Dimes! Most people are not aware that the charity wastes their charitable donations on cruel and useless experimentation. One way you can easily raise awareness is to write letters: to the editor, to a celebrity spokesperson, and/or to any company in your community that suppor |
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions Animal Welfare 1. Does the March of Dimes still fund shocking animal experiments? 2. Is there any evidence for the poor treatment of animals in March of Dimes experiments? 3. How can there be any pain or suffe |
Got Proof? Yoplait, Nesquik, and Got Milk? Commercials Vie for Most Deceptive Ads in Online “Badvertisements” Poll
WASHINGTON—Got deception? A recent crop of television commercials use misleading health and beauty claims to sell dairy products to women. In a new online poll, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) asks visitors to its website to fight back by watching the three “Badvertisements&rdquo |
Research
Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act Support the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (H.R. 1513/S. 810), which would phase out invasive experiments on chimpanzees and release all federally owned chimpanzees to sanctuaries. Take Act |
Meet Some of the Lost or Surrendered Dogs Who Were Used and Killed at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (U-M) continues to use dogs from Michigan shelters in its Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. Notorious Class B dealer R&R Research sells dogs to U-M. Learn more about how these dogs are sold to U-M and help us end the use of animals in U-M’s ATLS course. |
PCRM’s Complaint Halts Misleading Dairy Advertisements
Two national dairy advertising campaigns overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop claiming that dairy products cause weight loss, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in early May. The decision, which comes in response to a petition filed by PCRM, will end misleading claims made in the &ldqu |
Vote for the Most Misleading Dairy Commercial
Got proof? PCRM’s ongoing “badvertisements” campaign exposes ads that try to hoodwink consumers into buying unhealthful products. This time, PCRM dietitians are asking Web site visitors to vote on a new category of deceitful TV commercials: dairy products. These three spots target women by using m |
Analysis of the HPV Challenge: Industry Violations and EPA Negligence
By Nicole Cardello, M.H.S. Executive Summary The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge encourages chemical companies to volunteer to conduct screening-level animal toxicity tests on 2,800 industrial chemicals. Pursuant to this program, companies have committed to |
Contact the March of Dimes National Office
Contact the March of Dimes National Office March of Dimes National Office 1275 Mamaroneck Ave. White Plains, NY 10605 National Office: 914-428-7100 Toll-Free: 888-99MARCH Mother's March: 800-99MARCH email: walkamerica@marchofdimes.org See our advice on writing to health charities. You can also |
USDA and Dairy Industry Halt Misleading Weight-Loss Ads After Physicians Group Complains to Federal Trade Commission
WASHINGTON—In a victory for consumers, two national dairy advertising campaigns overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop claiming that dairy products cause weight loss because such claims are not supported by existing scientific research, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced in a |
Covance Gets an 'F' in Social-Responsibility Test
By John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. This piece was published Aug. 26, 2006, in the Chandler Republic. What kind of company is Covance? That's the big question as Chandler residents consider the New Jersey-based corporation's plans to build a huge animal experimentation facility on Price Road. The answer isn't pretty |
Doctors Group Files Suit against Kraft, General Mills, Dannon, and Dairy Trade Groups for False Dairy Weight-Loss Claims
WASHINGTON—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) announced today that it has filed two major lawsuits to stop a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign claiming that milk facilitates weight loss. PCRM charges that three main dairy industry trade groups—the International Dairy Foods |
New Scientific Review Shows Milk Does Not Aid in Weight Loss
Milk-mustache ads featuring top celebrities claiming that milk helps them stay slim are ubiquitous in U.S. magazines, despite an ongoing controversy over the campaign’s scientific validity. But a comprehensive new review paper published this month in Nutrition Reviews shows just how little science is behind t |
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