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83 relations: Altria, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Chemistry Council, Apple Inc., Atrazine, Autism, Barack Obama, Barbara Walters, Bayer, Benzyl butyl phthalate, Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Bisphenol A, Bristol-Myers Squibb, C. Everett Koop, Calorie, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Chemophobia, Chevron Corporation, Consumer education, Consumer organization, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Consumer Reports, DDT, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Debunker, Dibutyl phthalate, Dietary supplement, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Electronic cigarette, Eli Stone, Elizabeth Whelan, Emeritus, ExxonMobil, Flame retardant, Food Additives Amendment of 1958, Food and Drug Administration, Fredrick J. Stare, Genetically modified organism, Health education, Hydraulic fracturing, John M. Olin Foundation, John Tierney (journalist), Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, McDonald's, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Medicare fraud, Michael F. Jacobson, Michelle Obama, National Center for Charitable Statistics, New York (state), ..., New York City, Nonprofit organization, Obesity, Organic food, Passive smoking, Pfizer, Phil Donahue, Philip Morris USA, Phthalate, Politico, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Precautionary principle, Procter & Gamble, Ralph Nader, Samantha Bee, Scaife Foundations, Science education, September 11 attacks, Splenda, Sucralose, Surgeon General of the United States, Swine influenza, Syngenta, The Coca-Cola Company, The Daily Show, The New York Times, The New Yorker, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Institute, Vaccine, White House Vegetable Garden, World Trade Center (1973–2001), 3M. Expand index (33 more) »
Altria
Altria Group, Inc. (renamed from Philip Morris Companies Inc. on January 27, 2003) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes and related products.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an American professional association of pediatricians, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.
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American Chemistry Council
The American Chemistry Council (ACC), formerly known as the Manufacturing Chemists' Association (at its founding in 1872) and then as the Chemical Manufacturers' Association (from 1978 until 2000), is an industry trade association for American chemical companies, based in Washington, D.C.
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Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.
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Atrazine
Atrazine is a herbicide of the triazine class.
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Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with social interaction and communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.
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Barbara Walters
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality.
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Bayer
Bayer AG is a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company.
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Benzyl butyl phthalate
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) is a phthalate, an ester of phthalic acid, benzyl alcohol, and ''n''-butanol.
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Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate, diethylhexyl phthalate, DEHP; dioctyl phthalate, DOP) is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(CO2C8H17)2.
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Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic synthetic compound with the chemical formula (CH3)2C(C6H4OH)2 belonging to the group of diphenylmethane derivatives and bisphenols, with two hydroxyphenyl groups.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is an American pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City.
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C. Everett Koop
Charles Everett Koop (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013) was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator.
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Calorie
A calorie is a unit of energy.
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Center for Science in the Public Interest
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit watchdog and consumer advocacy group that advocates for safer and healthier foods.
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Chemophobia
Chemophobia (or chemphobia or chemonoia) is an aversion to or prejudice against chemicals or chemistry.
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Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation.
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Consumer education
Consumer education is the preparation of an individual through skills, concepts and understanding that are required for everyday living to achieve maximum satisfaction and utilization of his/her resources.
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Consumer organization
Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution.
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Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 is a United States law signed on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush.
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Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is an American magazine published since 1930 by Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization dedicated to unbiased product testing, consumer-oriented research, public education, and advocacy.
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DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine, originally developed as an insecticide, and ultimately becoming infamous for its environmental impacts.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Deborah Wasserman Schultz; born September 27, 1966), is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for, first elected to Congress in 2004. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was a former Chairwoman for the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, and was a national campaign co-chair for Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful 2008 run for president. She is the first Jewish Congresswoman elected from Florida. Her district covers much of southern Broward County, including a large portion of Fort Lauderdale. It also covers much of northern Miami-Dade County. Wasserman Schultz was elected chairperson of the Democratic National Committee in May 2011, replacing Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. On July 24, 2016, Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation from her position after WikiLeaks released a collection of hacked emails indicating that Wasserman Schultz and other members of the DNC staff showed bias against the presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders in favor of Hillary Clinton's campaign. Her resignation was finalized on July 28 following the 2016 Democratic National Convention. She was subsequently appointed honorary chair of the Clinton campaign's "50 state program".73.
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Debunker
A debunker is a person or organization who attempts to expose or discredit claims believed to be false, exaggerated, or pretentious.
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Dibutyl phthalate
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is an organic compound commonly used plasticizer. With the chemical formula C6H4(CO2C4H9)2, it is a colorless oil, although commercial samples are often yellow. Because of its low toxicity and wide liquid range, it is used as a plasticizer.Peter M. Lorz, Friedrich K. Towae, Walter Enke, Rudolf Jäckh, Naresh Bhargava, Wolfgang Hillesheim "Phthalic Acid and Derivatives" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2007, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.
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Dietary supplement
A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement the diet when taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid.
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. is an American soft drink company, based in Plano, Texas.
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Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is a handheld electronic device that simulates the feeling of tobacco smoking.
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Eli Stone
Eli Stone is an American legal comedy-drama TV series, named for its title character.
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Elizabeth Whelan
Elizabeth M. Whelan (December 4, 1943 – September 11, 2014) was an American epidemiologist best known for challenging government regulations of the consumer products, food, and pharmaceuticals industries that arose from what she said was faulty science.
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Emeritus
Emeritus, in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, or other person.
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ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation, doing business as ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas.
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Flame retardant
The term flame retardants subsumes a diverse group of chemicals which are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings.
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Food Additives Amendment of 1958
The Food Additives Amendment of 1958 is a 1958 amendment to the United States' Food, Drugs, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.
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Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.
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Fredrick J. Stare
Fredrick John Stare (April 11, 1910 – April 4, 2002) was an American nutritionist regarded as one of the country's most influential teachers of nutrition.
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Genetically modified organism
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques (i.e., a genetically engineered organism).
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Health education
Health education is a profession of educating people about health.
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Hydraulic fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing (also fracking, fraccing, frac'ing, hydrofracturing or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid.
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John M. Olin Foundation
The John M. Olin Foundation was a conservative American grant-making foundation established in 1953 by John M. Olin, president of the Olin Industries chemical and munitions manufacturing businesses.
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John Tierney (journalist)
John Marion Tierney (born March 25, 1953) is an American journalist and author who has worked for the New York Times since 1990.
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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
The Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health is a peer-reviewed public health journal covering environmental toxicology.
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McDonald's
McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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McNeil Consumer Healthcare
McNeil Consumer Healthcare is an American medicals products company belonging to the Johnson & Johnson healthcare products group.
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Medicare fraud
In the United States, Medicare fraud is the claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled.
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Michael F. Jacobson
Michael F. Jacobson (born July 29, 1943), who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is an American scientist and nutrition advocate.
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Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer and writer who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
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National Center for Charitable Statistics
The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is a clearing house of data on the U.S. nonprofit sector.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nonprofit organization
A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.
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Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health.
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Organic food
Organic food is food produced by methods that comply with the standards of organic farming.
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Passive smoking
Passive smoking is the inhalation of smoke, called second-hand smoke (SHS), or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by persons other than the intended "active" smoker.
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Pfizer
Pfizer Inc. is an American pharmaceutical conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.
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Phil Donahue
Phillip John "Phil" Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, also known as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation.
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Philip Morris USA
Philip Morris USA is the United States tobacco division of Altria Group.
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Phthalate
Phthalates, or phthalate esters, are esters of phthalic acid.
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Politico
Politico, known earlier as The Politico, is an American political journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.
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Polytetrafluoroethylene
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene that has numerous applications.
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Precautionary principle
The precautionary principle (or precautionary approach) generally defines actions on issues considered to be uncertain, for instance applied in assessing risk management.
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Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is an American multi-national consumer goods corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by British American William Procter and Irish American James Gamble.
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Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney, noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism and government reform causes.
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Samantha Bee
Samantha Jamie Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host.
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Scaife Foundations
The Scaife Foundations refer collectively to three foundations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Science education
Science education is the field concerned with sharing science content and process with individuals not traditionally considered part of the scientific community.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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Splenda
Splenda is the commercial name and registered trademark of a sucralose-based artificial sweetener owned by the American company Heartland Food Products Group and manufactured by the British company Tate & Lyle.
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Sucralose
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener and sugar substitute.
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Surgeon General of the United States
The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States.
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Swine influenza
Swine influenza is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses.
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Syngenta
Syngenta AG is a global company agribusiness that produces agrochemicals and seeds.
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The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American corporation, and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.
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The Daily Show
The Daily Show is an American late-night talk and news satire television program.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.
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Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a Washington D.C.-based think tank that carries out economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions".
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Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.
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White House Vegetable Garden
The White House has had multiple vegetable gardens since its completion in 1800.
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World Trade Center (1973–2001)
The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.
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3M
The 3M Company, formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul.
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