Coca-Cola and the CDC: Resources Page
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 we...
January 29, 2019
ILSI Wields Stealthy Influence for Food, Agrichemical Industries
The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a corporate-funded nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Alex Malaspina, a former senior vice president at Coca-Cola who worked for the...
January 10, 2019
Consumer Group USRTK Asks FTC to Investigate Advertising of Sucralose
News Release For immediate release:Monday, November 19, 2018 For more information contact:Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 The consumer group U.S. Right to Know sent a letter today to Federal Trade...
November 19, 2018
Cornell Alliance for Science is a PR Campaign for the Agrichemical Industry
Despite its academic-sounding name and affiliation with an Ivy League Institution, the Cornell Alliance for Science is a public relations campaign to promote genetically engineered foods and...
October 7, 2018
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
Grocery Manufacturers Association — key facts
Summary * GMA is the leading trade group for the junk food industry * GMA hides list of its own corporate members * GMA was found guilty of money laundering * Opposed legislation to...
March 1, 2018
U.S. Right to Know Sues CDC for Documents about Its Ties to Coca-Cola
News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 U.S. Right to Know sued the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
February 21, 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
FDA Declines to Stop Coke, Pepsi from Advertising Artificially Sweetened Soda as “Diet”
News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has denied a petition asking it...
November 8, 2017
Aspartame: Decades of Science Point to Serious Health Risks
Long History of Concerns Key Scientific Studies on Aspartame Industry PR Efforts Scientific References Key Facts About Diet Soda Chemical Dozens of studies have linked aspartame -- the...
August 14, 2017