CORPORATE MONEY SILENCES CRITICS AND MAKES FRIENDS

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CORPORATE MONEY SILENCES CRITICS AND MAKES FRIENDS

http://www.msnbc.com/news/936290.asp?cp1=1

" Corporate cash has pervaded the health nonprofit world, raising

new concerns about medical groups' independence, " MSNBC reports.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest released a new study

that looks at how corporate money co-opts nonprofit organizations.

" Organizations that receive substantial funding from companies

don't want to offend their supporters. It's natural,” CSPI's

Michael Jacobson says. iThese affiliations can stifle criticism and

that, I think, is an important point because the public perceives

independent nonprofit groups as being public-service oriented.”

" The report also questions the growth of official-sounding

nonprofits that are what Jacobson calls 'corporate creations.'

Founders of the Council for Biotechnology Information include

chemical firms BASF, Dow, DuPont and Monsanto. Many members of the

American Council for Fitness and Nutrition are food industry

giants, such as McDonalds, and trade groups like the Snack Food

Association, " MSNBC reports.

SOURCE: MSNBC, July 9, 2003

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