Amber Teething Necklaces more Harm than Good?

Are the advertised benefits worth the potential safety hazards to your teething baby? Probably not.

Quietum Plus

TINA.org finds several issues with marketing of purported tinnitus supplement.

Black Friday 2017: 5 sneaky signs a deal isn’t actually worth it

Gina Ragusa, Mic

The Higg Index

Sustainability ratings tool comes under fire.

Dial Complete ‘Fragrance Free’ Hand Wash

How can a “fragrance free” product contain fragrance?

Frigidaire’s ‘Auto Sizing Pan Detection’

Consumers take issue with one of the touted benefits of company’s induction appliances.

Bloom Nutrition Greens & Superfoods Powder

TINA.org digs into viral TikTok product’s bloating claims.

TINA.org to FTC: Prevagen is Making Unsupported Memory Claims

Investigation finds no competent evidence to support memory improvement claims and FTC files a lawsuit.

Brain Juice

Think hard when considering this supplement’s cognitive claims.

TINA.org Reports Colgate, Tom’s of Maine to Regulators for Greenwashing

MADISON, CONN. Sept. 12, 2023—Colgate-Palmolive is deceptively marketing its Tom’s of Maine and Colgate toothpaste tubes as “recyclable” in violation of the FTC’s Green Guides, according to an investigation by…

Unapproved Eye Products

FDA targets companies selling eye drops illegally marketed to treat conditions like pink eye.

Trial Court Rules Neora Is Not a Pyramid Scheme

But the majority of brand partners will still lose money.

What Happens When Human Marketers Are Replaced, But Human Viewers Are Not

And why the problem is even worse when those human viewers are kids.

Smart Drops, ‘Nature’s Liquid Adderall’

Bogus report leads to unapproved health claims.

Google’s AI Overviews

New AI-powered search feature produces misleading answers.

Court Order Forces Prevagen to Scrub Memory-Improvement Claims

MADISON, CONN. Dec. 12, 2024— In a win for consumers, a court has ordered Quincy Bioscience to stop advertising Prevagen using memory-improvement claims. This follows a near-decade-long campaign by the…

Prevagen Scrubs Memory-Improvement Claims Following Court Order

What led up to brain supplement’s December to remember. 

Geniux

A supplement that can actually make you smarter? Think again.

4Life Health Claims

FTC Complaint Filed Against Maker of Memory Supplement

 Ad Watchdog Issues Warning to Consumers MADISON, CONN. September 21, 2015 — With an aging baby-boomer population and an estimated 10 million Americans predicted to develop some form of brain…