When John F. Borowski wrote about the ill-effects of Coca Cola, he recieved a letter from the company claiming there was no evidence:
Barbara Beck, principal manager of scientific and regulatory affairs at Coca-Cola suggested that I “misinformed” readers in an article titled, “Sugar Wars” (first carried by the Common Dreams website.) She forward a letter (7/21/04) to EducationNews.org (which also carried the article) complaining that the article was flawed in three areas: soft drinks do not cause obesity, soft drinks do not cause osteoporosis and finally, there is no data to link soft drink consumption to diabetes!
As Borowoski points out, this has a very similar ring to the disclaimers by the cigarette manufacturers. He goes on to cite the journals that clearly show the health effects of pop-drinking and Coca Cola's marketing without any acknowledgement of this.
When will Coca-Cola stop acting like Big Tobacco?
See also: Mexican shopkeeper wins right to stock Big Cola and Coke
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