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8/3/06 61 Percent of Americans Mistakenly Believe Fish Causes ‘Mercury Poisoning’ in Children
Nearly two-thirds of Americans questioned in a new national opinion poll mistakenly believe that more than 1,000 childhood cases of mercury poisoning, from eating fish, are identified by scientists every year in the United States. The actual number is zer
7/21/06 Misnamed “Cancer Project” Promotes Animal-Rights Propaganda
PCRM's "Cancer Project" is a mouthpiece for animal-rights propaganda
7/21/06 Large Meat Selection On the Menu at Pamela Anderson’s Restaurant
PETA activist Pamela Anderson serves meat at her Hollywood restaurant
7/6/06 Needless Fish Warnings Not Good ‘Science,’ Not ‘In The Public Interest’
The Center for Science in the Public Interest only adds to mercury-in-fish confusion with its demand for mercury warning signs
6/21/06 Mercury Testing Gives Fish a Clean Bill of Health
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) released a report detailing the first comprehensive mercury testing of fish sold in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The results are undeniably good for consumers.
6/13/06 CSPI Files Another Frivolous Lawsuit
Center for Consumer Freedom issues statement on CSPI's latest lawsuit
6/12/06 Nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom Available for Comment on CSPI Restaurant Lawsuit
More than five years ago, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) predicted that CSPI would eventually resort to frivolous litigation to force restaurants to bend to its radical nutrition mandates. Tomorrow, the group plans to do just that.
6/6/06 Consumer Reports Misses The Boat on Mercury
Consumer Reports magazine runs scientifically misinformed piece about mercury in canned tuna.
6/2/06 New FDA Report Threatens Consumer Choices
On its way to restricting consumer choices, a new report commissioned by the FDA inappropriately singles out the restaurant industry as a leading cause of obesity, ignores the impact of Americans’ shrinking exercise habits, and dismisses the role of perso
5/12/06 Landmark California Mercury Lawsuit Decided In Favor of Common Sense
A California Superior Court Judge has decided that trace levels of mercury in tuna do not require warning labels under the state’s notorious Proposition 65 law
5/9/06 “Even If Animal Research Resulted In A Cure For AIDS, We'd Be Against It”
In new ads running on the Washington, D.C. Metro system, the Center for Consumer Freedom draws attention to PETA’s decidedly unethical hostility toward the use of animals for life-saving medical research.
5/9/06 ABC “Bird Flu” Movie Is An Irresponsible Distortion
“ABC's reckless fake-u-mentary ratings grab is a crass exploitation of current events, apparently designed to panic the public.
3/23/06 Humane Society of the United States Promotes Phony Canadian-Seafood Boycott
The Humane Society of the United States claims 234 U.S. restaurants and seafood compaqnies are actively boycotting Canadian seafood, but 78 percent of the "boycotters" contacted by the Center for Consumer Freedom indicated that they are not actively parti
3/20/06 Fishy Mercury Scare Based On Study Of Whale-Heavy Diets, Says Ad in U.S. News & World Report
A new ad in US News & World Report informs Americans that whale--not fish--is the true mercury risk
3/7/06 Why Soda Bans Don’t Fight Childhood Obesity
The Center for Consumer Freedom releases "Why Soda Bans Don't Fight Childhood Obesity."
3/6/06 Deeply Flawed “Toxic Sushi” Report Misleads Los Angelenos
In its new report on mercury in sushi, The Sea Turtle Restoration Project didn’t identify a single piece of fish that posed a risk to Los Angelenos.
3/3/06 PETA (Still) Kills Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has just updated its animal-control statistics for 2005, and the numbers aren't pretty.
2/23/06 Indicted Eco-Terror Teacher Has A History Of Arson Instruction
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom announced that video B-roll of Coronado’s earlier bomb-making demonstration is available to the media.
2/22/06 PETA's Misleading "Save the Elephants" Campaign Hides the Group's Own Sordid History
In an effort to force passage of a city-wide ordinance that would effectively ban elephants from zoos and circuses, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is parading a steady stream of elephant "experts" in front of Chicago reporters. What th
2/21/06 Statement of the Center for Consumer Freedom on new Seychelles Islands mercury-fish findings
The Center for Consumer Freedom comments on ongiong research in the Seychelles Islands which continues to find no neurological harm in children from exposure to trace amounts of mercury in fish
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