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 |
By Hillel Aron on September 11, 2019
People are still taking Miracle Mineral Solution, a toxic chemical compound that purports to cure everything from cancer to autism.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Autism, Bleach, Chlorine Dioxide, Doug Nash, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Miracle Cure, Miracle Mineral Solution, MMS, Safety, Snake Oil, Sylvia Fink |
By Eric Kulisch on September 4, 2019
Grade inflation in school makes it difficult to distinguish who is actually achieving in the classroom. The federal government’s vehicle safety rating system suffers the same problem. Today, 98 percent of all vehicles tested receive four or five stars for crashworthiness. Consumer advocates and safety experts say it’s time to raise the bar for the New Car Assessment Program, which hasn’t been updated in nearly 10 years.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Government accountability |
By Nate Seltenrich on August 28, 2019
For a huge swath of Northern California, the air suddenly became hazardous last November. Thick smoke from the most destructive wildfire in state history was delivering a secondary blow to nearly ten million Californians, some of whom turned to a new class of consumer air monitors to help keep them safe. Public-health experts say such…
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Environmental Safety and Health |
