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Report claims to expose potential safety and counterfeit issues with Amazon-listed products.

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Your neighborhood vape shop may not be giving you accurate information.

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Tainted products pose serious health risks.

What You Should Know about Thrive

Is this company, Le-Vel, on the level?

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TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Truthinadvertising.org alerts federal and state regulators to deceptive marketing.

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Consumer complaints worth remembering.

Arbonne

TINA.org investigated Arbonne, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted products with unsubstantiated health claims and has used atypical income claims to market its business…

BMW

TINA.org found automaker engaging in deceptive made in USA marketing for 2023 X range vehicles.

doTerra

TINA.org found essential oils MLM repeatedly using illegal disease-treatment claims despite numerous warnings.

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, IM Mastery Academy, IMMA, or IYOVIA, a multilevel marketing company that sells, among other things, financial educational products, and…

Le-Vel (Thrive)

TINA.org investigated Le-Vel Brands, LLC, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it used unsubstantiated health and disease-treatment claims to market its flagship product line of supplements, shakes, and…

Modere

TINA.org investigated Modere, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted supplements as able to balance hormones and treat symptoms of PMS and menopause, among other…

Primerica

TINA.org investigated Primerica, Inc., a Georgia-based multilevel marketing company that sells term life insurance and various other financial service products, and found that the company has used atypical income claims…

Procter & Gamble

TINA.org has reported on several Procter & Gamble brands, one of which, Gillette, was the subject of a TINA.org legal investigation and complaint. To read more about that action, click…