Airborne Class Action Lawsuit Settled

According to www.cnnmoney, the herbal supplement firm Airborne agreed to settle their lawsuit and pay $23.3 million for false advertising. They will basically be refunding money to any consumer who brought their products and will post ads on how people can get their money refunded to them. The reason they were sued was because of the statement that their supplement can help to prevent colds. The non -profit advocacy group that sued them says that there is no credible evidence that the statement is true. The Airborne company itself has denied any wrong doing.

In my opinion this is just a ridiculous lawsuit. I have used the airborne product since it first came out and every time I start to see the first signs of a cold I take it. What happens after taking it? My symptoms go away. I have even use the Airborne produces that they make for children and it has worked for them as well. My children has been able to go almost through the entire winter with no colds and not one visit to the doctors office. As soon as they start to get a runny nose we give them the children's airborne. What I don't understand is why would anyone sue about it. They never said that this product can cure a cold but that it can help to prevent it.

The airborne product contains natural ingredients which help to fight against colds and increase your immune system. It seems very similar to taking a vitamin C tablet which also helps to boost your immune system. Since they have chosen to settle this lawsuit there are some who think that there is some truth to the accusation that this product does no work. Instead it could be that the company did not want this case dragged out in court and just want to get it over it. Besides anyone who has ever used this product will quickly see that it is affective and that it does work.

The basic reason behind the suit is that no scientists or doctors were able to conduct tests on this product to give it their sign of approval. If it works and has caused no harm to anyone than why bother. Basically it seems that they will continue to sell the product but they will obviously change their advertising and the statements that they have made about it in the past. What about all of the copy cat products that are currently on the shelves that claim to do the same thing. Take for example wal-borne which is a product that you will find at Walgreens. This product basically claims to do the same thing yet they have not sued Walgreens for making false statements. If you take a look at the ingredients used in the wal-borne product and the airborne product they are almost identical with minor variations.

This is not to say that this product works for everyone but I really don't see anything wrong with this product if it is just taken as a multivitamin, and without advertising as a cold remedy.