By Myron Levin on March 14, 2019
Editor's note: Story was updated April 11. See clarification at end of the story.
Business groups call on well-connected lobbying firm to help thwart unwanted federal standards. They have not been disappointed.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Off-Road Vehicles |
By Eli Wolfe on February 7, 2019
Pesticides released by bug bombs can linger in homes for weeks at a time, which some researchers claim is a potential health risk
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability |
By Stuart Silverstein on January 24, 2019
Business groups that howl about bogus lawsuits and plaintiff lawyers who claim to fight for ordinary folks victimized by corporations engage in a war of words.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Medical Errors, Product Hazards and Recalls, Tort Reform |
A New Wrinkle in Wage Battles
By Eli Wolfe on January 10, 2019
For years, truck drivers hauling billions of dollars of clothing, appliances and other consumer goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have complained about rampant wage law violations by the trucking firms that hire them. The alleged abuses include failing to pay minimum wages and overtime. But even when truckers’ claims have…
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Labor Department, labor laws, wage theft, wage violations, wages, Workplace |
By Stuart Silverstein on December 17, 2018
Consumer advocates fault U.S. investigators for withholding information on two widely sold products determined to be lacking a promised ingredient
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on November 28, 2018
A fateful decision by Congress more than 40 years ago gives the sites unique immunity from safety oversight, even as hundreds of employees have been killed or seriously injured.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Labor Department, labor laws, Workplace, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Ted Rohrlich on November 19, 2018
Attorney David Kurtz’s suit for 4 crash victims morphed into a legal fight calling into question the integrity of America’s No. 1 tire maker.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Lynne Peeples on October 24, 2018
Evidence linking animal cruelty and violence against people spurs authorities to toughen penalties and step up prosecutions
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged animal cruelty, criminal justice, violent crime |
By Stuart Silverstein on October 18, 2018
As more dogs and cats are treated for cancer, veterinarians and their assistants increasingly face the risk of exposure to hazardous drugs, which are often being handled without proper safeguards.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Environmental Safety and Health, Medical Errors, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Eli Wolfe on October 15, 2018
Despite mounting casualties from crashes of recreational off-highway vehicles, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has shot down a proposal to track injuries and deaths involving the popular trail machines.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Off-Road Vehicles |
