Ok so just as I was posting in my previous post about me being sick and sipping Airborne, I was talking to Brian Gibbens and he tells me that there's a lawsuit because Airborne falsified their claims. YIKES!! Heres the article and the link to get a settlement if you purchased any of their products.
AIRBORNE. CSPI joined a lawsuit in California state court against the makers of Airborne, the best-selling cold "remedy" in the country. CSPI joined the lawsuit because there is no evidence that Airborne works, aside from the slight possible benefit from the Vitamin C in the product. Airborne is completely ineffective in preventing colds, as the company has claimed for years. The company agreed to settle the lawsuit, by refunding money to defrauded consumers out of a settlement fund of $23.3 million. After all claims of consumers and lawyer fees have been paid, any remaining amounts will go to charity. Separately, the Federal Trade Commission and state Attorneys General are investigating the same claims—those investigations are confidential but continuing.
UPDATE 2/08: Consumers seeking refunds for purchases of Airborne can obtain a claim form by writing to the Airborne Class Action Settlement Administrator, PO Box 1897, Faribault, MN 55021-7152, calling 1-888-952-9080, or by visiting www.AirborneHealthSettlement.com. As part of the settlement, the company will begin paying for ads in Better Homes & Gardens, Parade, People, Newsweek and many other magazines and newspapers instructing consumers how to get refunds.
2 comments:
My mother-in-law swore by that stuff. Maybe it is just mind over matter. You know she thought it helped so she would get better.
How can it be fake with Greg Brady promoting it???
Sad to hear, I've always liked Airborn...
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