By Hillel Aron on February 20, 2020
Many funeral homes don’t post prices for their services online, making it difficult for consumers to comparison shop.
Posted in Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection |
By Eli Wolfe on February 13, 2020
Editor's note: Story was updated February 14. See correction at end of the story.
Polaris Industries, which boasts of being a global leader in sales of off-highway vehicles, also has the dubious distinction of being the No. 1 company for recalls, according to a new report.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Hillel Aron on February 5, 2020
While walking and bicycling have been promoted as ways to get healthy exercise while reducing traffic congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions, the death toll for pedestrians and cyclists has risen sharply. Pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are now about 20 percent of all U.S. traffic fatalities.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, bicycling, pedestrian deaths, traffic safety |
By Amy Martyn on January 29, 2020
Drunk drivers, motorcyclists and young or distracted motorists make up the majority of those involved in fatal vehicle crashes, and many states are failing to pass key safety measures that could prevent such deaths, according to a new report by a highway safety group.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety |
By Nate Seltenrich on January 15, 2020
Despite the efforts of Customs and Border Protection agents, counterfeiters are passing off ineffective refrigerator water filters to many thousands of consumers, who think they are buying the real thing. The fakes may not only be useless, but unsafe. Along with failing to do what they claim, counterfeits can introduce chemicals such as arsenic and octane, a petroleum-derived solvent, into users’ drinking water.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Hillel Aron on January 8, 2020
With the U.S. increasingly dependent on foreign manufacturers for prescription and generic drugs, the Food and Drug Administration’s problem-plagued efforts to inspect overseas plants are under growing scrutiny.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs |
By Marjie Lundstrom and Eli Wolfe on December 19, 2019
With hundreds of fields reaching end of life each year, the artificial turf industry is under pressure to find a sustainable solution.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged California, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability |
By Hillel Aron on December 12, 2019
Air pollution is known to be a serious health risk – a cause of asthma, heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and a factor, according to the World Health Organization, in an estimated seven million deaths worldwide every year. A growing body of research suggests air pollution may also be harming our brains. In recent years, new areas of study have opened up into how air pollution might affect our minds and the way we think and feel. Epidemiologists and neuroscientists have found evidence linking long-term exposure
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution, Brain, Environment, public health, research |
By Amy Martyn on December 11, 2019
Run-ins with job safety regulators are routine for Dollar Tree, the huge discount retail chain. A FairWarning investigation found that more than 150 company stores have been cited for safety violations since December 2015, despite a settlement with OSHA in which Dollar Tree agreed to pay $825,000 in penalties and clean up its act.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Government accountability, labor laws, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Eli Wolfe on November 27, 2019
Fifteen years ago, the federal government said “no” to piracetam. The agency hasn’t changed its position. But piracetam is widely available—and hugely popular—as a supplement promoted as boosting cognitive ability. Unintimidated by FDA warning letters, sellers are advertising this forbidden ingredient in online bazaars.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs |
