Victoria pratt
The Airborne dietary supplement, which claims to help ward off the cold and flu, has reached a tentative settlement in a class action lawsuit that the company misrepresented its product. You can file online or by mail here. Boxes of Airborne used to cite a study by “GNG Pharmaceutical Services Inc” that said it tested 120 people and 47% showed little or no cold flu symptoms, versus 23% of a placebo. However, an ABC news investigation revealed that GNG was a two-man operation started up just to make the Airborne study, and had no clinic, scientists or doctors. Following the negative publicity, Knight-McDowell Labs removed references to the GNG study from its packages. Maybe people just weren’t reading the box carefully and failed to apply directly to the forehead.
Apparently, Airborne’s claim that it prevents colds was false advertising and the company that produces, markets and sells Airborne has been mandated to repay 23+ million back to consumers who have purchased Airborne between 2001 through 2007. The “clinical study” that is on the Airborne package is false and was debunked by ABC news. I guarantee you that Airborne, Inc. absolutely hates ABC now… only CBS news for the Airborne board of directors now.
So can you get a refund? Yes… You can get a refund for each bottle of Airborne that you bought; price paid (excluding sales tax) with the receipt. If you don’t have the receipt, you can still get money back for up to 6 bottles of Airborne. Just go here for more informaiton on the Airborne Class Action Settlement.