Coke and Del Monte plot to deceive mothers & minorities about dangers of BPA

From the Environmental Working Group:

We're fighting back. Call now to demand no more BPA in their products.
June 2009

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Read the BPA industry's internal memos for yourself!
Call these toll-free numbers to protest Coca-Cola: 1-800-GET-COKE, ext. 2
Del Monte: 1-800-543-3090

Sample script: "Hello, My name is ______________. I'm shocked and disappointed in your unethical approach to business when it comes to BPA - placing profits ahead of my family's health and using fear tactics to placate consumers about a clearly dangerous chemical. BPA needs to go - NOW. Thank you."

After you call... 1. Tell us about it. Send EWG an email describing the conversation.
2. Get your friends to call. Send them an e-card to your friends today.
3. Donate to EWG so we can keep these big corporations from profiting off your family's health.
Take the quiz to see what the BPA industry is cooking up. It ain't pretty.
Last week food and chemical lobbyists met in Washington, DC to save BPA - they're desperate to block state and federal efforts to regulate their $6 billion industry.


We were shocked when we read their internal meeting memos, which revealed a dangerous and unethical strategy to keep your family eating and drinking from BPA-laden containers - despite the mounting scientific evidence that exposure to even extremely low levels of BPA can impact health, particularly during early infancy. Get the full story on Enviroblog.



QUESTION: Which of these tactics did BPA industry lobbyists concoct?
Employing fear tactics like threatening consumers with limited access to affordable baby food. (Guess they don't want to talk about the safe substitutes for bottles, cups, and formula cans already on the market).

Using a "pregnant young mother who would be willing to speak around the country about the benefits of BPA" as their 'holy grail' spokesperson.

Focusing fear tactics on historically exploited populations including "Hispanic and African Amercians and the poor."

"Befriending people that are able to manipulate the legislative process."

All of the above.


ANSWER: (E) All of the above. Ready to fight back? So are we.

Call these toll-free numbers to protest
Coca-Cola: 1-800-GET-COKE, then press 2
Del Monte: 1-800-543-3090

Sample script:

"Hello, My name is ______________. I'm shocked and disappointed in your unethical approach to business when it comes to BPA - placing profits ahead of my family's health and using fear tactics to placate consumers about a clearly dangerous chemical. The BPA needs to go - NOW. Thank you."


After you call...
1. Tell us about it. Send EWG an email describing the conversation.
2. Get your friends to call. Send an e-card to ask your friends to call today.
3. Donate to EWG so we can keep these big corporations from profiting off your family's health.

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