Parents looking for controls on multinationals' school adverts

Elizabeth Buie, Education editor. The Herald. Aug 21, 2004.

Eleanor Coner, information officer of the SPTC, said: "Where parents get very vocal and angry is about obvious signs on vending machines like Coca-Cola. We wanted to raise awareness of where companies are involved in the curriculum - like Ariel washing powder in science experiments.

"There was criticism of companies that used 'pester power' to get parents to buy certain products/shop in certain shops to …