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Sunday, December 6, 2009
What do eco labels REALLY mean?
I found this interesting article about eco labels and what they really mean. The link is embedded in the title. This reminds me of how the media "spin" people into over exaggerating or believing slightly false things. The labels aren't necessarily lying, but they aren't necessarily telling the whole truth either. Check them out.
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"Natural," "No additives," and "Hormone-free" are virtually meaningless, that's very surprising. Food companies hawk those phrases all the time and it's good to know that I shouldn't pay more for food just because the labels say that stuff.
However, I must give credit to the companies who come up with those meaningless phrases that sound good because I'm sure they attract customers all the time with their flashy sayings on their labels.
This is definitely an interesting article. I have seen this with many other products, such as, pink breast cancer awareness products and WWF products. I bought I shirt once with the WWF Panda logo on it. It cost me $25 and I expected a large donation to go to the Foundation, but as I read the tag when I got home, only $1 went to it. The same thing happens with the Pink products. I read an article once that said most products have fine print about sending in coupons or going on to a website before they would give money(http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2009/10/13/seeing-red-in-pink-products-one-woman-s-fight-against-breast-cancer-consumerism.aspx). I also found this website that has questions to ask yourself before "buying pink" (http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=13). I think we should be more aware of what these companies are actually donating to programs. You may think you are helping the world, but you are actually just being manipulated.
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