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EWG Lathers On Sunscreen Scares

With summer around the corner, people are gearing up for “sun’s out, guns out.” And right on schedule, Environmental Working Group activists are here to remind the public that their…
PostedJune 7, 2017 at8:32 am

Vegans Try to Ban Hot Dogs in Schools

In an effort to garner headlines and impose its vegan agenda on our nation’s youth, the guileful Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has brought a lawsuit against the Los Angeles and Poway Unified…
PostedApril 25, 2017 at11:08 am

Boycott TripAdvisor for Allying with PETA

TripAdvisor.com recently announced a new policy to restrict users from booking certain animal attractions – like swimming with dolphins and elephant rides – after working with People for the Ethical…
PostedFebruary 16, 2017 at8:27 pm

Vegans Have Blood on Their Hands

While People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) both continue to push their vegan agendas, most people reject…
PostedApril 5, 2016 at5:00 pm

Are Dietary Guidelines Based on “Pseudoscience”?

Every five years, the federal government (through the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services) issues its “Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” The latest batch were issued in 2015,…
PostedMarch 23, 2016 at9:48 am

CSPI’s Biggest Flops, Birthday Edition

Last week, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)—America’s leading self-proclaimed “food police”—turned 45. We’d send over a cake, but the stress from seeing so much sugar…
PostedFebruary 29, 2016 at9:50 am

EWG: Pesticides Are Safe?

In our profile of the so-called Environmental Working Group, we’ve noted the organization’s history of simply being wrong on science. EWG’s shtick is to fear-monger about non-organic goods from…
PostedJanuary 15, 2016 at1:44 pm

From the Chubby Truth to Poo-Ritos, Chipotle Faces Questions

In the weeks since we began our campaign to counter the deceptive advertising of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chipotle has spent a great deal of time squeezing hard to figure out…
PostedNovember 18, 2015 at11:00 am

Chipotle’s All-Chemical Burrito

The high-calorie burrito chain Chipotle likes to pretend to be something it isn’t to consumers. Chipotle pretends to be all about local food when in fact it ships in…
PostedSeptember 30, 2015 at3:06 pm

Chipotle: Not So G-M-Over It?

Chipotle, the fast-casual joint famous for its large, high-calorie burritos, has a history of overselling its food production methods. And now it has come back to bite the restaurant chain in the…
PostedSeptember 2, 2015 at1:55 pm