By Marjie Lundstrom on May 9, 2019
Over the years, hundreds of workers have died from heat stress in fields and at construction sites. Citing the warming climate, groups have renewed calls for a federal heat standard
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Labor Department, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Marjie Lundstrom on April 18, 2019
More than three years after federal agencies launched their investigation of crumb rubber fields, they have yet to issue any safety findings–frustrating parents, coaches, and the recycling industry.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
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 Thomas Frank on February 21, 2019
Innocent bystanders and others are killed when police chase drivers at high speeds, often for minor infractions and in risky circumstances.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety |
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 Eli Wolfe on November 14, 2018
Without explanation, officials eventually altered crash data, revealing a death toll more than 3 times higher than previously acknowledged.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Product Hazards and Recalls |
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 Lynne Peeples on July 11, 2018
Few people know that there are federal safety limits for exposure to the weak radiation emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices. There often is language about this embedded right in our phones, but finding it requires knowing where to look, wading through sometimes five or more steps and then making sense of the technical…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged Cell Phones, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Myron Levin on May 23, 2018
Early on Feb. 2, 2016, a van carrying members of the California Conservation Corps paused at a stop sign on a country road near the Central Valley town of Reedley. Then the van rolled into the intersection, where it was broadsided by a 40-ton gravel truck and trailer, killing three corps members …
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Workplace Safety and Health |
