Category: Issue 360
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BPA Linked to Lobster “Shell Disease”
A molecular biologist has allegedly found that waterborne chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) are a contributing factor to lobster shell disease, a bacterial infection linked to population die-offs in the Long Island Sound. Undertaken on behalf of the New England Lobster Research Initiative and presented during the 9th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant…
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Feral GM Canola Found in North Dakota
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency, University of Arkansas and University of California, Fresno, have reportedly identified populations of genetically modified (GM) canola growing wild in North Dakota. According to results presented at the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA’s) 95th Annual Meeting, scientists found that 347 of the 406 plants collected from roadsides contained either…
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CAMY Reports Decline in Youth Magazine Alcohol Ads
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) has issued a report showing that alcohol companies “have largely met the industry’s voluntary standards of not placing ads in magazines with 30 percent or more youth readership.” Nevertheless, the report singled out 16 brands allegedly responsible “for half of…
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CSPI Screams over Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has issued an August 12, 2010, statement and letter lambasting Ben & Jerry’s “All Natural” ice cream and frozen yogurt for allegedly containing “alkalized cocoa, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, or other ingredients that either don’t exist in nature or that have been chemically modified.”…
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Russian Court Favors Development Fund in Land Dispute, Rare Fruits and Berries May Be Destroyed
A Russian court has reportedly given the green light to a housing development agency to build houses on a field where thousands of rare berries and other fruits have been preserved since the 1920s. The Pavlovsk Experimental Station, located near St. Petersburg, was apparently developed to serve as an historic gene bank. Scientists over the…
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Non-Profit Sues Nestlé Alleging Deceptive Advertising of Children’s Nutrition Drink
The National Consumers League has filed a consumer fraud action in a Washington, D.C. court against Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition, Inc., alleging that the company falsely advertises its BOOST Kid Essentials® drinks as products that can strengthen children’s immune systems and aid their digestive systems. The Nat’l Consumers League v. Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition, Inc., No. 5772-10 (D.C.…
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California Court Allows Grilled Chicken Prop. 65 Labeling Suit to Proceed
A California appellate court has reversed a summary judgment order that terminated litigation involving claims that chain restaurants violated Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) by selling grilled chicken products to consumers without appropriate warnings about carcinogens created by the cooking process. Physicians Comm. for Responsible Med. v. McDonald’s Corp., No. B218089 (Cal. Ct. App., decided August 12,…
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California Resident Targets Chewing Gum Maker in Purported Class Action
Alleging that no scientific evidence supports Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.’s claim that the cardamom in its Eclipse® Breeze chewing gum “neutralize[s] the toughest breath odors,” a California resident has filed consumer fraud claims against the company in a federal court on behalf of a nationwide class of consumers. Sityar v. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., No. 10-5965…