PR Watch, vol. The experience is quite a bit less dramatic than the scenarios you see in Mission Impossible, according to activists who have recently been targeted by phone calls and other information-gathering efforts. They have misrepresented themselves, claiming falsely to be journalists, friends of friends, or supporters of social change. MBD performs its services by pumping members of activist groups for information about their philosophical beliefs, funding sources, organizational structure and affiliations, and names of key personnel. Information only gets shared in one direction, however.
Ethylene glycol is used in making common antifreeze.
It is a highly toxic poison which is especially dangerous because of its enticingly sweet taste and smell. As little as two teaspoons of antifreeze can cause death or blindness, and every year it claims the lives of children and pets who drink it by accident. Currently, antifreeze makers are petitioning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take ethylene glycol off the TRI list, a petition which which has drawn written opposition from dozens of environmental groups. Orum says that Frieze did not go out of her way to identify her employer during her interview with him, but she did not overtly misrepresent herself either. She identified herself as with 'MBD' when asked. . . .