By Rick Schmitt on November 14, 2019
To his supporters, former air marshal Robert MacLean personifies the best traits of whistleblowers, determined to expose the government’s dirty laundry, even at high personal cost. To critics, he’s an obsessive and even vindictive ex-federal employee who overstepped his bounds. Now he’s battling over the need for secondary barriers to keep would-be intruders from reaching the cockpit.
Posted in Recent Stories | Tagged Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Whistleblowers, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Myron Levin on November 6, 2019
In an age of distortion, propaganda and fake news, medical literature might seem to be a safe space for honest scientific inquiry, with no room for bias or spin. It isn’t so. Court proceedings, investigations and whistleblower accounts have revealed a long history of drug companies manipulating the literature to promote their drugs or disparage rival products–with the aim of getting doctors to prescribe more of their meds
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Adriane Fugh-Berman, Allergan, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Darren Taichman, FDA, Georgetown, GlaxoSmithKline, James Beck, Leemon McHenry, Merck, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, PharmedOUT, Product Hazards and Recalls, Sen. Charles Grassley, Stephen Braun, William Tierney |
By Amy Martyn on October 30, 2019
Without admitting liability, Toyota since 2014 has quietly settled 537 lawsuits blaming sudden unintended acceleration for crashes that caused deaths or serious injuries. Automotive safety advocates see the complaints as a sign that Toyota and federal regulators failed to properly address the root of the problem when they had the opportunity years earlier.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on October 24, 2019
A new study found significant quantities of litter from vaping devices in high school parking lots, prompting environmental concerns.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Bay Area, CDC, Consumer product safety, e-cigarettes, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Juul, San Francisco, SB 424, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, UCSF, Vaping |
By Amy Martyn on October 15, 2019
Survey found that one of every nine vehicles listed for sale was under an open safety recall. Company officials deny misleading consumers.
Posted in Recent Stories, Warning Wire |
By Eli Wolfe on October 10, 2019
Despite aggressive enforcement of wage laws by the California Labor Commissioner’s office, some workers wait years for back pay, if they get any at all.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged California, Government accountability, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Julie Su, Labor Commissioner, Labor Department, labor laws, Lilia Garcia-Brower, Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, NELP, Tia Koonse, wage theft, wage violations, wages, Workplace, XPO |
By Marjie Lundstrom on October 3, 2019
A FairWarning investigation found serious food safety problems in nursing homes and assisted living centers nationwide.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Arkansas, assisted living, California, CDC, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Colorado, Donald Trump, elder abuse, food safety, foodborne illness, Georgia, Government accountability, Los Angeles, Marjie Lundstrom, Michigan, nursing homes, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, Texas, Wisconsin |
By Hillel Aron on September 26, 2019
A recent study found that contaminants in tap water could cause 100,000 cases of cancer over the course of 70 years.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Arizona, Arsenic, cancer, Cancer Risk, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Working Group, Paper, research, Study, tap water, water |
By Hillel Aron on September 18, 2019
An 81-year-old labor law allows certain companies to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage. Some make pennies an hour.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged 14c, Americans With Disability Access, Disability, Employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, Michael Denoewer, Minimum Wage, Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises, Section 14c, Sheltered Workshops, Sub-Minimum Wage, UCO Industries |
By Eli Wolfe on September 12, 2019
A new report finds some companies hide or ignore recall notices about their products on their websites and in online posts.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Product Hazards and Recalls |
