If you've ever purchased Airborne in hopes that the effervescent bubbles would knock out your cold as promised on the packaging, they owe you some money.
Good Morning America's investigation found that the "double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study" touted by the CEO of the company was actually a two-man operation started up just for the Airborne study. Company literature referred to Airborne as a "miracle cold buster," and a company press release boasted it would "get rid of most colds in 1 hour."
In response to a class action lawsuit, Airborne agreed to a settlement . Consumers seeking refunds for purchases of Airborne can obtain a claim form by writing to the Airborne Class Action Settlement Administrator, PO Box 1897, Faribault, MN 55021-7152, calling 1-888-952-9080, or by visiting www.AirborneHealthSettlement.com.
1. This doesn't surprise me at all. The package says it was invented by a school teacher and I always thought, since when do school teachers have the medical/chemistry degrees probably needed to make something like this? Things like this never work.
Posted at 12:24PM on Mar 5th 2008 by Tree