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 |
By Paul Feldman on March 29, 2018
Editor's note: See clarification at the end of the story.
In its newsletters and magazines, in congressional testimony and on its website, AARP warns seniors about deceptive direct mail and other dubious marketing come-ons as part of its mission to protect members from financial abuses. But the huge advocacy group’s own aggressive efforts to coax seniors to join or renew their memberships also have drawn…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, financial abuse |
By Paul Feldman on February 6, 2018
The victims include a Bible college student in Iowa who was bicycling home from work, a 13-year-old Michigan boy riding in his older sister’s car and a Minnesota school bus driver picking up the morning newspaper in front of his home. All were killed in recent years by distracted drivers who had been texting or…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Cell Phones, Gadgets and Distracted Driving |
