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7/9/09 New Online Calculator Clears Up Confusion Over Seafood and Health
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom launched HowMuchFish.com, the only online seafood calculator that computes both the health risks and benefits of a diet rich in seafood.
6/12/09 Seafood is Not a Health Hazard, Say Scientists at International Mercury Conference
A large majority of the 561 scientists gathered this week in the Chinese city of Guiyang to explore issues surrounding mercury pollution no longer believe traces of mercury in seafood represent a serious health risk to consumers.
6/3/09 Statement from CCF Against Starbucks' Decision to Remove Corn Sugar (HFCS) from Menu Items
Starbucks Coffee has always wanted to have its half-caf, vanilla, skim, latte and drink it too. But sometimes it tries too hard.
5/20/09 Humane Society of the United States is Morally Compromised, Just Like Michael Vick
As the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) prepares to kiss and make up with convicted dogfighter Michael Vick, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on the animal rights group to return the money it raised with the false promi
5/15/09 Statement from CCF Against CDC Nominee Thomas Frieden
It is unfortunate that President Obama choose to put the nation's health in the hands of an overzealous activist who doesn’t give any consideration to the importance of personal responsibility or privacy
5/15/09 WSB-TV (Atlanta) airs daring exposé of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
WSB-TV in Atlanta aired a groundbreaking exposé of the Humane Society of the United States
5/11/09 Statement from CCF on CSPI Sodium Report
Today the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) fired back at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) which issued a report about sodium levels in restaurant food.
5/1/09 U.S. Geological Survey Mercury Study Misleads Americans About Seafood and Health
A new study about mercury in the Pacific Ocean is completely irrelevant to consumers who eat tuna and other marine fish
4/7/09 Humane Society of the United States Does Little to Help Homeless Dogs and Cats
According to new research from the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) contributed less than four percent of its $91.5 million budget to hands-on dog and cat shelters in 2007.
3/25/09 Meat Production Link With Global Warming Called “Misinformation”
U.S. meat production contributes a laughably tiny amount of carbon emissions to the climate-change picture
3/25/09 PETA Killed 95 Percent of Adoptable Pets in its Care During 2008
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008.
3/23/09 Consumer Group Cautions Against Jumping to Conclusions in Response to Anti-Meat Study
Today the Archives of Internal Medicine will publish "Meat Intake and Mortality," a study from a National Cancer Institute team of epidemiologists.
3/17/09 Consumer Group Sends Aid to New York Reporters Facing Sodium Crackdown
This week 200 food, health, nutrition, and science journalists will receive an unusual package from the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF): a set of "I Heart NY" salt and pepper shakers.
3/11/09 Consumers Win Major Victory Over Seafood Scaremongers
Today the First Appellate Court of California upheld the original verdict in a 2006 case which established that the trace levels of mercury in canned tuna are naturally occurring, and too insignificant to require warning labels.
2/10/09 PETA’s New Dupont Circle Neighbors Get Practical Advice About Handling Animal Rights Crazies
Yesterday, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) sent letters to 300 of PETA’s future neighbors near the 1536 Sixteenth Street, NW address purchased by the animal rights group last week.
2/5/09 Attorney, Plaintiffs in Circus Trial Argued that Elephants are Better Off Dead Than in Captivity
This week in Washington, a federal judge is hearing a lawsuit filed against the Ringling Brothers circus by animal rights activists and a lawyer who have previously argued that elephants are better off dead than living in captivity.
1/29/09 Animal-Rights Buzzkills Want Super Bowl Party-Goers Crunching Carrots
The "Cancer Project" organization circulating an irresponsible "Five Most Unhealthful Super Bowl Party Foods" list this week is an animal rights group demonizing meat-lovers' pizzas, a chicken pasta dish, a tuna melt, and chicken wings.
1/26/09 California Government Appeals Landmark Tuna-Mercury Decision on Tuesday Morning
On Tuesday morning a California judicial panel will hear oral arguments in the appeal of a 2006 verdict that placed canned tuna outside the reach of California’s “Proposition 65” law.
1/15/09 Obama "Regulatory Czar" has Secret Animal-Rights Agenda, Says Consumer Group
Sunstein supports outlawing sport hunting, giving animals the legal right to file lawsuits, and using government regulations to phase out meat consumption.
12/22/08 Jeremy Piven's "Sushigate" Mercury Poisoning Claims Don’t Jibe With Seafood Science
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) called on actor Jeremy Piven to come clean about the reason for his departure from the Broadway production of David Mamet’s "Speed-the-Plow."
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Letters

Mercury’s ill effects overstated
The well-documented health benefits of consuming fish far outweigh any hypothetical health risks. It's time that fish regained its old reputation as "brain food." read more here »

There Goes the Neighborhood
When the animal-rights people at PETA announce where they'll set up shop in Los Angeles, their new neighbors may want to take a few precautions. read more here »

'Animal rights' goes too far
I'd like to correct some erroneous information presented in a recent Sun-Times editorial about my organization and its position on the treatment of animals. read more here »


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