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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Are some groups profiting off California's health laws?

A few months ago, a California court ruled that coffee needed a warning label. That ruling has since been overturned.

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 12, 2018 • 1 min read

A few months ago, a California court ruled that coffee needed a warning label. That ruling has since been overturned. But the court made its first finding at the behest of a little-known nonprofit called the Council for Education and Research on Toxics, or CERT. CERT keeps a low public profile. It was founded by four men - three of them scientists. They don’t talk to the press. CERT seems to do just one thing: sue corporations for alleged violations of Prop 65, the law that requires businesses to post the warnings.

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