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 Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability |
By Eli Wolfe on January 31, 2019
Agency won’t require employers to routinely report detailed internal records of worker injuries or illnesses.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Government accountability, Labor Department, labor laws, OSHA, Workplace Safety and Health |
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 December 12, 2018
An obscure program that has judged vaccine injury and death claims for three decades passes a financial milestone
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Vaccine 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 Chelsea Conaboy on November 13, 2018
President Trump blames deadly blazes on state mismanagement of the forests, drawing outrage from a firefighters labor leader.
Posted in Recent Stories, Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
