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Petition Delivery to Nestlé : Stop Putting Profits Before Health

Posted August 28, 2018 / Campaign Updates, Commercial Alert 0 0 0

Petition Delivery to Nestlé : Stop Putting Profits Before Health Recent reports have exposed what we have known for years: Infant formula is big business, and less breastfeeding means more profits for industry. That’s why the infant formula...

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Disregarding Public Concern, the National Park Service Finalizes Commercialism Policy and Opens Parks to Industry Influence

Posted January 4, 2017 / Campaign Updates, Commercial Alert, National Parks, News 0 0 0

Disregarding Public Concern, the National Park Service Finalizes Commercialism Policy and Opens Parks to Industry Influence Statement of Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Program Note: After months of...

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Children consider gambling ads a ‘normal’ part of sport, study by Deakin University researchers find

Posted August 15, 2016 / Commercial Alert, Gambling, News 0 0 0

Children consider gambling ads a ‘normal’ part of sport, study by Deakin University researchers find ABC Tom Nightingale Watching gambling ads is becoming a normal part of watching football for Australian children, a study has found...

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Child-directed advertising must be better regulated to curb adverse impacts – UN experts

Posted August 11, 2016 / Commercial Alert 0 0 0

Child-directed advertising must be better regulated to curb adverse impacts – UN experts UN News Centre Just head of International Youth Day, two United Nations human rights experts are drawing attention to the impact of commercial advertising...

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Sign the Petition: National Parks Should Not be Billboards for Corporate Advertising.

Posted July 7, 2016 / Campaign Updates, Commercial Alert, Culture, National Parks 0 0 0

  Sign the Petition: National Parks Should Not be Billboards for Corporate Advertising America’s National Parks are among our greatest national treasures, open for everyone to explore, enjoy, and learn from the natural world void of commercial...

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Mondelez to shift marketing tactics, expand in-house content creation

Posted June 1, 2016 / Commercial Alert, Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Mondelez to shift marketing tactics, expand in-house content creation Food Dive Carolyn Heneghan Food and beverage brands are embracing content as a way to sell products and engage and entertain consumers. By keeping the products in the...

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Most countries lack adequate laws to protect and promote breastfeeding

Posted May 10, 2016 / Commercial Alert, Infant Formula Marketing, News 0 0 0

Most countries lack adequate laws to protect and promote breastfeeding UN News Centre Laws to protect breastfeeding against the growing multi-billion-dollar breast-milk substitute business are inadequate in most countries, exposing small children...

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Coca-Cola Can’t Keep Saying That Vitaminwater Is Healthy

Posted April 14, 2016 / Commercial Alert, Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Coca-Cola Can’t Keep Saying That Vitaminwater Is Healthy By Michal Addady Fortune Coca-Cola KO 0.07% is being forced to change its Vitaminwater labels. The company has just settled a lawsuit about misleading claims that it has previously...

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Talking Points

Posted April 5, 2016 / Commercial Alert, Fact Sheets, Infant Formula Marketing 0 0 0

Put Infant and Mother Health Before Product Marketing Top Talking Points: Infant Formula Marketing in Healthcare Facilitiesi Hospitals and doctors’ offices shouldn’t be used as marketing vehicles for any product, period. This is especially the...

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