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...

January 13, 2021

Coca-Cola Funded Public Health Conferences in Effort to Shift Blame for Obesity, Study Says

News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 2 at 7pm EST For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin +1 415 944 7350 or Gary Sacks +61 403 491 205 The Coca-Cola Company used its...

December 2, 2020

Coca-Cola Front Group Tried to Obscure Coke’s Funding & Key Role, Study Says

For Immediate Release: Monday, August 3rd 2020 at 11am EDT For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin +1 415 944 7350 Coca-Cola Front Group Tried to Obscure Coke’s Funding & Key Role, Study...

August 3, 2020

ILSI is a Food Industry Front Group, New Study Suggests

News Release For Immediate Release: Sunday, May 17th 2020 at 8pm EDT For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin +1 415 944 7350 The influential global nonprofit group International Life...

May 17, 2020

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

Please support our food investigations by making a tax-deductible donation today.  Internal Monsanto documents released in 2019 provide a rare look inside pesticide and food companies that try...

March 30, 2020

Coke PR Campaigns Tried to Influence Teens’ Views on Health Impacts of Soda

News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin, +1 415 944-7350 Internal Coca-Cola Company documents show how the company intended to...

December 18, 2019

An Unappetizing Analysis from the FDA

Last month the Food & Drug Administration published its latest annual analysis of the levels of pesticide residues that contaminate the fruits and veggies and other foods we Americans routinely...

October 28, 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