Citing Need to Work, Protesters Take On Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Orders
Nurses and other health care workers hold their own counter-protests, urging people to go home and continue with social distancing.
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Tag: Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure
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In Texas Shooting Massacre the System Actually Worked, For a While
The shooting massacre in Odessa, Texas, highlighted gaps in the system of background checks. The shooter's effort to buy a gun from a licensed dealer was rejected, so he turned to private market instead.
Consumer Protection
The Breath Test: Consumers Pop Air Monitors in Their Shopping Carts, But Do They Really Work?
Downtown Sacramento on Nov. 9, 2018, shrouded in smoke from the Camp Fire 90 miles away (Photo by Marjie Lundstrom) 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 [...]
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Amazon a Thriving Market for Banned, Unsafe and Mislabeled Products
Convenience, selection and quick delivery have made Amazon a trusted brand. But a team of Wall Street Journal reporters found thousands of products for sale on Amazon that wouldn’t be permitted on the shelves of big box stores because they had been deemed unsafe or were outright banned by federal regulators.
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Will Diseased Lungs and Underweight Babies be Pictured on U.S. Cigarette Packs?
Food and Drug Administration for the second time proposes a series of graphic warning labels for cigarette packs and advertising, but could face another legal challenge from the tobacco industry
Environment
The Gas Field Next Door: Living Amid Old Storage Wells at Risk of Leaks
Many Americans live within a city block of aging, natural gas storage wells that lack safety features to prevent major leaks.
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The Bottle Blues: Coca-Cola Parts Ways With Plastics Group Over Differing Agendas, PepsiCo Plans To Follow
Big soda companies, pressured to reduce plastic use, back away from lobbying firm tied to group opposing bag bans.
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EPA Bypassed Ethics Rules in Picks for Science Panels, Government Watchdog Finds
New members of EPA science advisory panels, including some with industry ties, were not not properly screened for ethical conflicts, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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Dialing Down the Hype on Driverless Cars
Driver-assistance technology is becoming more common. Major carmakers have pledged to make automated emergency braking standard on all vehicles by 2022, for example. But technical barriers, plus the general unease of consumers, make full automation a farther reach, despite what Elon Musk may say.
Environment
Golf, Pesticides and a Father’s Death
The death of filmmaker Andrew Nisker's father, Harold, of cancer in 2014 led him on a search for truth about golf courses and pesticide use.