Manufacturing Consent on Product Safety Nominee
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
A controversial nominee to head the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just got more controversial. Michael E.
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Mother's Day: A Great Hook for Fake News
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Mr. Butts Happy About Defeating Oregon Cigarette Tax
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NIH Cancels Contract with Conflicted Consultants
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Sciences International -- the firm that evaluated the safety of certain chemicals for the U.S. Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, "helping the government determine whether they pose dangers to reproduction and newborn babies" -- has been fired by the federal government.
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Don't Worry Your Pretty Heads, Says Cosmetics Industry
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
In response to growing concerns about the safety of some cosmetics, the industry group Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) "has embarked on what it calls an 'education process' designed to reassure consumers." As the Center for Media and Democracy repo
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The Corporate Art of Creating a Crisis
By all indications, Mark McInnes is a smart cookie.
Hello, Teens? Marketing Firms Are Calling
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Retailers "eager to connect with teen and twentysomething shoppers" are increasingly marketing to them through their cell phones, reports USA Today. New marketing approaches include "coupons that go to shoppers' cellphones." The marketing firm Access 360 Media "saw redemption rates of about 40%" with cell-delivered coupons, as opposed to "less than 2% for many print or online coupon campaigns." Then there's GPShopper, "an Internet-style search engine that lets shoppers search a chain's entire inventory," with Best Buy, Toys R Us and Sports Authority among the chains using the service.
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Multifaceted PR Campaigns Grow on Trees
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
PR Week gave its "Public Affairs Campaign of the Year 2007" award to the Porter Novelli firm and the Abundant Forests Alliance, a front group for the "wood and paper products industry." The campaign was launched in response to "environmental activist" efforts to "change the foresting industry's procurement practices." The campaign's goal was to convince
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PR Week (print edition), March 12, 2007
Medical Journal In Double Bubble with Apparent Beverage Industry Conflict
Submitted by Jonathan Rosenblum on
In its current issue, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition acknowledges that a review of soft drinks and obesity (which challenges links between the one and the other) was funded by the American Beverage Association. But the journal excludes information that one of the authors personally and professionally has had close ties to the beverage industry.
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Pepsi's Dean
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PepsiAmericas' range of products
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