THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, August 10, 1995              TAG: 9508090040
SECTION: FLAVOR                   PAGE: F3   EDITION: FINAL 
COLUMN: Morsels 
SOURCE: Ruth Fantasia 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   48 lines

THE DIRT ON TRASH: IT'S A MAN'S JOB

HOW MUCH would you pay to have someone take out the garbage?

A study by Roper Starch Worldwide Inc., conducted for Glad Bags, shows that one in four Americans would pay an average of $9 a week to have someone else take out the trash.

Other survey results:

It's a dirty job and it's a man's job. More than three-quarters of the men and almost a third of the women said men should take out the trash.

Dainty daughters are exempted. None of the men surveyed and only 1 percent of the women thought daughters should be primarily responsible for the chore.

Americans spend about 30 minutes each week collecting and taking out the garbage.

Almost 50 percent of Americans don't like twist ties.

Of course that last result led Glad to introduce Glad Trash Bags with quick-tie flaps. The new bags have little rabbit-ear-like extensions for you to tie shut.

Look for them soon on store shelves.

Jogging along?

Jogging in a Jug - the grape juice, apple juice and vinegar concoction touted as a health elixir - has run out of gas.

The July issue of Consumer Reports magazine says Third Option Laboratories Inc. of Cherokee, Ala., makers of Jogging in a Jug, reached a $480,000 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for making false health claims, says the July issue of Consumer Reports.

Jogging in a Jug's inventor, Jack McWilliams, described the product as a ``home remedy'' for a variety of ailments, in a 1993 interview with The Virginian-Pilot. The product is carried in several local stores and elsewhere throughout the country.

Although McWilliams did not make specific health claims, he also produced a stack of letters from Jogging in a Jug users who said it had cured everything from fatigue to high cholesterol.

The settlement prevents Third Option from making unsubstantiated claims for any food, drug or dietary supplement it makes, says Consumer Reports. by CNB