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Boots in the McSpotlight
Boots
in the McSpotlight
| What's Wrong With Boots? | Opposition & Campaigns | Company Profile |
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April 1993, Boots revealed that its heart drug, Manoplax, can lead to significantly
higher mortality. Boots said that clinical trials showed that patients with
severe congestive heart failure taking 100mg of Manoplax had a "significantly
increased risk of death compared with those not receiving the drug".
Manoplax has been on sale in the UK since September 1992 and in the USA
since March 1993.
Boots owns the Farley baby milk company (producers of Ostermilk, Ostersoy, Junior Milk) which was listed in 1991 as one of the six worst violators of the WHO Code on the marketing of baby milk substitutes. (For further information about this issue, see McSpotlight on the Baby Milk Industry). Boots is part of the pharmaceutical industry. It is not only the specific practices of individual companies that cause problems. The attitudes created by the currrent system of exploitation gives power and profits to the few, at the expense of people, animals and the environment. It is important to expose the unethical practices of specific companies as their behaviour is often indicative of the entire system. |
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Boots owns the Farley baby milk company (producers of Ostermilk, Ostersoy, Junior Milk) which was listed in 1991 as one of the six worst violators of the WHO Code on the marketing of baby milk substitutes. It promotes its baby milk in hospitals and to health workers in the Third World, and it gives out free samples. (For further information about the this issue, see McSpotlight on the Baby Milk Industry). [The Ethical Consumer Guide to Everyday Shopping published by the Ethical Consumer Research Association.] |
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Boots is subject to a boycott call by Friends of the Earth for its sale of tropical hardwood in its Do-It-All stores. [The Ethical Consumer Guide to Everyday Shopping published by the Ethical Consumer Research Association.] |
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Boots was subject to a boycott call due to
it testing its drugs on animals. It has now sold the animal testing part
of its business to BASF (known best for their video and audio tapes).
Some of those involved in the Boots boycott claim that the campaign was
a success but others point out that Boots are now selling products which
are tested on animal by BASF and are therefore still subject to boycott.
[The Ethical Consumer Guide to Everyday Shopping published by the Ethical Consumer Research Association.] |
Exploitation and profiteering do not need to exist. A better way of running our lives can be created based on the sharing of resources and on respect for each other and for nature. Increasingly people are questioning and challenging those with power and are seeking alternatives. Let's hope it's possible to make a difference.
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Company Profile
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Postal address(es): The Boots Co 1 Thane Road West Nottingham NG2 3AA |
Phone number(s): not known Fax number(s): not known |
Online presence:
Web site(s): http://www.boots.co.uk/main.html Domain name(s): Other: |
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