Posts Tagged ‘front groups’
Posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 by Michele Simon
By Jason Blanchette and Michele Simon
Overconsumption of alcohol remains the third largest cause of preventable death in the United States, causing roughly 88,000 Americans to die prematurely each year. Moreover the costs of alcohol problems to society top $200 billion annually. The alcohol industry, in attempting to deflect blame away from its incessant and exploitative marketing practices, especially to youth, loves to keep the focus on illegal activities such as drunk driving. (Never mind that most alcohol harm stems from disease, crimes, and other forms of injury.)
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Posted in Alcohol Policy, Industry Tactics, Public Health | Tagged: alcohol, Big Alcohol, front groups | Michele on Google+ | View/Add Comments (3) |
Posted on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 by Michele Simon
Last month, the International Food Information Council Foundation released the third edition of its report: Food Biotechnology: A Communicator’s Guide to Improving Understanding. What sounds like a reasonable and helpful document is in fact the product of a well-oiled PR machine whose board of trustees includes executives from such food giants such as Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, and Mars. In response to such tactics, I have authored a new report for Center for Food Safety that exposes the well-funded organizations and highly-sophisticated public relations strategies increasingly deployed to defend the food industry. Read rest at Center for Food Safety…
Posted in Big Food, Food Policy, Industry Tactics, Public Health | Tagged: Coca-Cola, front groups, Kraft, lobbying, Nestle, public relations | Michele on Google+ | View/Add Comments (1) |
Posted on Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 by Michele Simon
Over the past few months, I’ve been writing about Proposition 37, the California initiative that would require foods made through genetic engineering to be labeled, a policy that is common sense in 61 other countries, but has been denied to Americans thanks to lobbying by Big Biotech. One of the most prominent food myths perpetuated by the likes of Monsanto is that we need genetic engineering “to feed the world.”
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Posted in Big Food, Industry Tactics | Tagged: Corn Refiners' Association, Corporate Accountability International, front groups, International Food Information Council, Monsanto, National Cattleman's Beef Association | Michele on Google+ | View/Add Comments (2) |
Posted on Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 by Michele Simon
This week, the New York City Board of Health is expected to approve Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to limit the size of sugary soft drinks. Motivated by rising diet-related chronic diseases (along with healthcare costs), the mayor’s attempt to rein in out of control portion sizes caused quite a media firestorm. Predictably, the soda lobby has come out swinging, complete with an industry front group called, “New Yorkers for Beverage Choices.”
A better name would be, “Soda Pushers for Continued Profits.”
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Posted in Big Food, Industry Tactics, Marketing to Children, Public Health | Tagged: Coca-Cola, front groups, McDonald's, New Yorkers for Beverage Choices, trade groups | Michele on Google+ | View/Add Comments (0) |
