Washington Times Op-Ed: Aluminum is not the healthy, greenplastic substitute you think

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By: Pam Sederholm

It’s easy to get bored with hypocrisy in Washington, where politicians fail to be models of intellectual consistency. The Constitution protects members of Congress from lawsuits over anything they say on the job, but big, consumer-facing companies risk it all when they try to have something both ways.

For-profit businesses get sued all the time over their failed credibility. An edgy company that sells water for $1.80 a can is finding that out.

Liquid Death, the counterculture canned water company, expects to line its pockets with $340 million this year on the strength of a yearslong “Death to Plastic” campaign. The problem? According to a new class-action lawsuit in
California, every aluminum can it sells is lined with plastic. The complaint, filed in Alameda County, is targeting the company with several violations of law, including unlawful and unfair business practices that specifically allege fraudulent claims, deception, and misleading and false advertising.

The 60-page court filing is full of picture examples of Liquid Death promoting its slogan and the death wish …

Read the full story in the Washington Times.