Diamonds.net - Watchdog Cautions Diamond Council over Ad Claims
Watchdog Cautions Diamond Council over Ad Claims RAPAPORT... A US advertising regulator has rebuked the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) over its environmental claims following a complaint by Diamond Foundry, a lab-grown producer. The National Advertising Division, part of industry self-regulator BBB National Programs, has called on the NDC to stop using certain assertions that compare natural stones with synthetics, it said Thursday. These include statements that lab-grown diamonds emit three times more carbon than their mined counterparts. The recommendation revolved around claims the Diamon...