International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a Food Industry Lobby Group

The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a corporate-funded nonprofit organization based in Washington DC, with 17 affiliated chapters around the world. ILSI describes itself as a group...

October 8, 2019

10 Revelations from the U.S. Right to Know Investigations

You can support the USRTK investigations by contributing to our fall fundraising drive.   Internal Monsanto documents released in August provide a rare inside look at how pesticide and food...

September 19, 2019

ILSI is a Food Industry Lobby Group, Not a Public Health Group, Study Finds

News Release For Immediate Release: Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 at 8pm EDT For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin +1 415 944-7350 or Sarah Steele +44 7768653130 The nonprofit International Life...

June 2, 2019

Coca-Cola Can Bury Adverse Findings from Health Research It Funds, Study Says

News Release For immediate release: Tuesday, May 7th at 7:30pm EDT For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 Coca-Cola’s research contracts show that it had extensive...

May 8, 2019

Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the CDC

Milbank Quarterly: Public Meets Private: Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the CDC, by Nason Maani Hessari, Gary Ruskin, Martin McKee and David Stuckler (1.29.19) Conclusion: “The emails...

January 29, 2019

Study Shows Coca-Cola’s Efforts to Influence CDC on Diet and Obesity

News Release: Tuesday, January 29, 2019Documents posted here. Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 or Nason Maani Hessari (+44) 020 7927 2879 or David Stuckler (+39) 347 563...

January 29, 2019

Study: How Coca-Cola Declared War on the “Public Health Community”

News Release For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 15, 2018 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 The Coca-Cola Company proposed and financed the now-defunct group Global...

March 15, 2018

Did 24 Coke-Funded Studies on Childhood Obesity Fail to Disclose Coke’s Influence?

News Release For Immediate Release: Monday, December 11, 2017 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 How accurate were conflict of interest disclosures in at least 40...

December 11, 2017

Study: How the Food Industry Sees Science, Public Heath & Medical Organizations

News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin: +1 (415) 944 7350 or Gary Sacks: +61 403 491 205 What do food industry leaders...

September 13, 2017

BMJ Reveals Secret Industry Influence on Medical and Science Reporting

News Release For Immediate Release: April 5, 2017                                                     For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415)...

April 5, 2017