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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
So, we can't trust marketing claims? What next? I suppose somebody's gonna say politicians lie and the media spins stuff.
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But in this case, the claim isn't that their product gets your clothes cleaner or that the gums taste lasts longer. It's that they make you believe that a forest will be saved, or waterways not polluted or the air will be cleaner for everyone. And if company A who actually are producing a clean product is put at a disadvantage to company B who is producing a dirty product and just lying to the consumer, I don't think that fair. And fair may not be a part of capitalism, so I think government needs to play a role in verifying company A vs company B's claims.