Are the plastic toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals harmful to your child’s health? American-based Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) believes that McDonald’s Happy Meals are contributing to unhealthy eating in children and is threatening to sue McDonald’s if they don’t stop using toys to entice children into wanting the unhealthy and high fat foods.
"McDonald's marketing has the effect of conscripting America's children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to nag their parents to bring them to McDonald's," CSPI's Stephen Gardner wrote to the heads of the chain in a letter announcing the lawsuit.
CSPI’s notice letter says that McDonald’s toy-related promotions violate state consumer protection laws in Massachusetts, Texas, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, and California. CSPI’s letter gives McDonald’s 30 days to agree to stop the practice before a suit is filed.
“McDonald’s is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children,” said CSPI litigation director Stephen Gardner. “McDonald’s use of toys undercuts parental authority and exploits young children’s developmental immaturity—all this to induce children to prefer foods that may harm their health. It’s a creepy and predatory practice that warrants an injunction.”
Visit: http://www.cspinet.org/
Via Huffington Post
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written by Mike , June 25, 2010