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£1,000,000 for 100% chemical free material

Submitted by on November 28, 2008 – 1:00 pm4 Comments

Have at it!

If, as the ASA says, the public believes materials can be “100% chemical free,” the RSC will soon be inundated with examples from people wishing to claim the £1 million pound bounty announced today by the RSC. [RSC]

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4 Comments »

  • jsteves says:

    Dr. Ludwig also sent us this article. HILARIOUS. I think some high school chemistry classes may need to be improved….looks like the public needs to review the definition of “chemical!”

  • csimmons says:

    How about Cheney’s brain, will that win it?

  • jaxtell says:

    How can it be that a fertilizer manufacturer claims that one of its products is “chemical free”?

    “The manufacturers of a popular “organic” fertilizer recently drew the attention of the public when it claimed in promotional materials the product contained no chemicals whatsoever.” (same article)

    I am speechless.

  • rkoehler says:

    So because the word chemical is apparently synonymous with “poison,” it is justified to lie to consumers and declare things “chemical-free”? Maybe it’s the consumers that shouldn’t be so stupid and realize that without these infamous chemicals they wouldn’t exist.

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