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Friday, May 16, 2003The San Francisco attorney who made news earlier this week for suing Kraft Inc. to stop the sale of Oreos to California children because the cookies are high in trans fat plans to drop the suit today. The reason? He's drawn so much media attention that he says he's accomplished what he set out to do -- raise awareness about trans fat, a hidden but dangerous substance in processed food. Or maybe he got the message that people despise abuses of the law: His story and a picture appeared Wednesday in the New York Times. His own Web site, bantransfat.com, went from fewer than 500 hits before the story broke to more than 75,000 two days later. The conservative Drudge Report featured the story, which prompted a flood of anti-lawyer responses from readers who called the suit frivolous. "I would like to file a lawsuit against all lawyers for being hazardous to our way of life. Problem is I would need a lawyer to argue the case and another lawyer, the judge, to hear it," Ken Hughes e-mailed The Chronicle. Plus, people love Oreos: At Kraft headquarters in Northfield, Ill., spokesman Michael Mudd said the company had received 277 calls or e-mails about Oreos, about half of which were in support of the company. Fifteen percent were critical and the rest just wanted factual information. posted by Sydney on 5/16/2003 06:48:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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