Got Proof? Yoplait, Nesquik, and Got Milk? Commercials Vie for Most Deceptive Ad in Online "Badvertisements" Poll:
Dairy “Badvertisements” Mislead Women with Faulty Beauty and Health Claims
(June, 28, 2007)
USDA and Dairy Industry Halt Misleading Weight-Loss Ads After Physicians Group Complains to Federal Trade Commission: Cheese and Milk Actually Likely to Cause Weight Gain, Doctors Say
(May 11, 2007)
Doctors Sue Safeway and Other D.C. Dairy Retailers for Failing
to Warn about Lactose Intolerance: Plaintiffs Want Warning Labels
on Milk Cartons; Class-Action Lawsuit Announced at Oct. 6 Briefing
at National Press Club
(October 6, 2005)
Nonprofit Doctors Group Drops Food Giant from Ongoing Lawsuit:
Kraft No Longer Running Dairy-Weight Loss Advertising
(August 19, 2005)
Milk Linked to Ovarian Cancer: U.S. Experts Issue Recommendations
Based on New Swedish Study
(August 9, 2005)
Doctors Group Files Suit against Kraft, General Mills, Dannon,
and Dairy Trade Groups for False Dairy Weight-Loss Claims: Suit
Seeks Immediate Stop to National Advertising Campaign
(June 28, 2005)
New
Study in Pediatrics Shatters Milk Myth: For Strong Bones,
Kids Need Exercise, Sunshine, and a Dairy-Free Diet
March 2005
Two
New Studies Sour Milk's Image: One Study Confirms Link with
Ovarian Cancer; Second Disproves Dairy-Weight Loss Claims
December 2004
WIC Program
Needs Major Overhaul, Say Doctors:
Food Package Includes Tuna Despite Mercury Risk, Omits Most
Fruits and Veggies, and Snubs Lactose-Intolerant Minorities
December 2003
Dairy Industry
Dishonest in New Weight-Loss Gimmick Campaign: Industry Side-Steps
Evidence that Dairy Products Increase Weight
October 2003
USDA Panel
Backs Doctors' Complaints against Milk Ads:
Ads with Kristi Yamaguchi, Marc Anthony, Mark McGwire, and
Others Make False Health Claims
September 2001 news release on PCRM's campaign to expose the false
health claims in the milk-mustache ad campaign
FOIA
Documents Reveal Dairy Industry's Ad Agency Behind Upcoming Calcium
Summit
December 2001 news release on a recent dairy industry promotional
event—with excerpts from documents obtained in a Freedom
of Information Act investigation
Dairy
Products Contribute to Cancer Risk
By Groesbeck P. Parham, M.D.
April 2005
Milk
and Cookies Promotion Puts USDA On Wrong Side of Obesity Fight
By Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D.
July, 2004
Dairy
Ads May Dupe Dieters
By Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D.
May, 2004
Journalists:
For more information, please contact PCRM communications director
Simon Chaitowitz at 202-686-2210, ext. 309, or simonc@pcrm.org.
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