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Weekly Radio Spin: Drugged Up Drumsticks

crisis management, public relations, U.S. government, race/ethnic issues, agriculture, international, children, corporations, health, pharmaceuticals, marketing, science, U.S. Congress, food safety, environment, global warming, advertising, tobacco, Weekly Radio Spin - No Comments » - Posted on June, 6 at 2:12 pm

Listen to this week's edition of the “Weekly Radio Spin,” the Center for Media and Democracy’s audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at what grades med schools get for cozying up to pharma, the continuing controversy over menthol cigarettes, and an extra ingredient in your chicken dinner. In “Six […]

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Monsanto-Funded Front Group Fights Milk Labeling

agriculture, issue management, corporations, health, lobbying, food safety, biotechnology, front groups, third party technique, animal rights, astroturf - No Comments » - Posted on March, 10 at 5:33 pm

A new “grassroots” farmers group with close ties to Monsanto, has been formed to advocate laws banning the use of labels indicating milk comes from cows untreated with RGBH. Monsanto makes the artificial bovine growth hormone (RGBH), or Posilac, which is injected into cows to make them produce more milk. The front group, […]

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Chiquita Pleads Guilty to Funding Colombian Terrorists

crisis management, ethics, U.S. government, agriculture, corporate social responsibility, human rights, international, issue management, terrorism - No Comments » - Posted on March, 21 at 4:51 am

The food company Chiquita Brands International, Inc. has pleaded guilty to funding a Colombian paramilitary group designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization. According to U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors, the company’s Colombian subsidiary, Banadex, paid approximately $1.7 million to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) between 1997 and 2004. In its […]

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Out with the Old Front Groups & In with the New

agriculture, issue management, corporations, health, food safety, biotechnology, front groups - No Comments » - Posted on March, 21 at 2:54 am

Two former food industry websites — Best Food Nation and the Grow America Project — are being merged and re-birthed as a new front group, the Center for Food Integrity (CFI). CFI’s web domain was registered earlier this month by Charlie Arnot, who runs a small Missouri-based PR firm, CMA Consulting. CFI, which lists Monsanto […]

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