Gary Ruskin

UCSF Industry Document Libraries host U.S. Right to Know food and chemical industry collections

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U.S. Right to Know collaborates with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), a highly respected medical school, to give the public free access to documents obtained in our ongoing investigations of the ultra-processed food and agrichemical industries. To date, USRTK has donated more than 200,000 pages of industry documents to the UCSF Industry Documents … UCSF Industry Document Libraries host U.S. Right to Know food and chemical industry collections

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

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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 4391 Emails between The Coca-Cola Company and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrate the company’s efforts to influence the CDC for its own benefit, according to … Study Shows Coca-Cola’s Efforts to Influence CDC on Diet and Obesity

Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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 obtained using FOIA requests reveal efforts by Coca-Cola to lobby the CDC to advance corporate objectives rather than health, including to influence the World Health Organization. Our findings … Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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

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Please support our food investigations by making atax-deductible donation today. Internal Monsanto documents released in 2019 provide a rare look inside pesticide and food companies that try to discredit public interest groups and journalists. The documents (posted here) show that Monsanto and its new owner, Bayer, were especially worried about U.S. Right to Know, a … 10 Revelations from the U.S. Right to Know Investigations

Monsanto’s campaign against U.S. Right To Know: Read the documents

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In 2021, the Society for Professional Journalists, NorCal chapter, honored U.S. Right to Know with the James Madison Freedom of Information Awards for our work obtaining internal corporate documents that showed how Monsanto recruited public university professors to support its PR goals. Concerned that our research would uncover its influence in academic circles, Monsanto “created … Monsanto’s campaign against U.S. Right To Know: Read the documents

Top Findings of the U.S. Right To Know Investigations

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U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit investigative group, has obtained hundreds of thousands of pages of documents revealing – for the first time – how food and pesticide corporations are working behind the scenes to undermine our nation’s scientific, academic, political and regulatory institutions. Many of these documents are now posted in the free, searchable … Top Findings of the U.S. Right To Know Investigations

University of Florida Sued for Failure to Release Public Records on Agrichemical Industry

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News Release For Immediate Release:Tuesday, July 11, 2017 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 Food industry watchdog group U.S. Right to Know filed a lawsuit today to compel the University of Florida to comply with public records requests about the university’s relationship with agrichemical companies that produce genetically engineered seeds and pesticides. “We … University of Florida Sued for Failure to Release Public Records on Agrichemical Industry

Gary Ruskin, Co-Founder and Co-Director

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Gary first started working on food issues in 1998.  In 2000, he helped to build the first national coalition against the marketing and sale of soda and junk food in schools.  In 2003, he organized a Childhood Obesity Prevention Agenda for states and schools, endorsed by organizations across the political spectrum.  In 2004, he organized … Gary Ruskin, Co-Founder and Co-Director