The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the group behind that TV ad equating Big Macs with death, is continuing its war on the fast food industry, asking the mayor of Detroit to stop the proliferation of fast food eateries within city limits. [More]
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McDonald's Slams Ad Equating Big Macs With Heart Disease
By 9.20.10
Last week, we wrote a group called the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine that had produced an ad that made a direct link between McDonald’s food and heart disease by showing a corpse in a morgue clutching a partially eaten Big Mac. Believe it or not, McDonald’s was not pleased with the TV spot. [More]
New Ad Blames McDonald's For Heart Disease
By 9.14.10
Because we apparently don’t already know that McDonald’s and other fast food aren’t exactly wonderful for your health, a non-profit physicians’ group in Washington, D.C., has cooked up this ad that directly links McDonald’s to heart disease. [More]
Can't Advertise Milk As Weight-Loss Aid, FTC Says
By 5.14.07
In response to FTC pressure, milk makers say they will stop advertising that drinking milk leads to weight loss.
Choke So-Called Doctors, Not Chicken
By 10.2.06
The suspicious ties between PCRM and PETA notwithstanding, the entire basis for their lawsuit against fast food companies rests on quicksand. They claim tests revealed PHIP, a possibly carcinogenic compound, to be found in the chicken at major fast food chains.
Cancer Chicken, Scam?
By 10.2.06
Last Thursday, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) sued several large fast food companies, contending the chicken they choked was chock full of dangerous carcinogens.
