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The Plastics Within Us

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The Plastics Within Us

By Chelsea Conaboy on February 12, 2019

A rising tide of garbage on land and in the seas, and the related health hazards, help make a case for a global ban on single-use plastics.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Food Supply, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, Vaccine Safety, wage theft | Leave a comment

With Smack-Talking Invective, Lawyer Groups Appeal to Public as One Big Jury Pool FairWarining Reports

With Smack-Talking Invective, Lawyer Groups Appeal to Public as One Big Jury Pool

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 | 2 Comments

A Bumpy Road for Driverless Cars

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A Bumpy Road for Driverless Cars

By Chelsea Conaboy on January 8, 2019

Automakers and tech companies, which have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in driverless autos, face opposition from safety advocates and likely resistance in Congress to legislation to speed introduction of the vehicles.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Government accountability, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health | Leave a comment

Trump Administration Sending Some Clean Water Protections Down the Drain

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Trump Administration Sending Some Clean Water Protections Down the Drain

By Chelsea Conaboy on December 11, 2018

Sweeping rollback, sought by farmers and developers, would eliminate safeguards for many wetlands and streams

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, wage theft | Leave a comment

A Lawyer's Battle to Puncture Secrecy and Legal Misconduct by Goodyear FairWarining Investigates

A Lawyer’s Battle to Puncture Secrecy and Legal Misconduct by Goodyear

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 | 2 Comments

Federal Regulators Deflated the Numbers on Tire-Related Crash Deaths, Then Took Victory Lap FairWarining Investigates

Federal Regulators Deflated the Numbers on Tire-Related Crash Deaths, Then Took Victory Lap

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 | 2 Comments

For Automakers Seeking Mileage Rollback, Trump Plan Too Much of a Good Thing FairWarining Reports

For Automakers Seeking Mileage Rollback, Trump Plan Too Much of a Good Thing

By Stuart Silverstein on November 8, 2018

Car companies got more regulatory relief than they bargained for after they asked the administration to ease mileage requirements.

Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health | Leave a comment

With Trump Administration Rollbacks, Drilling Rigs Alter Western Landscapes

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With Trump Administration Rollbacks, Drilling Rigs Alter Western Landscapes

By Chelsea Conaboy on October 30, 2018

Weakened rules on how public lands may be used have spurred a surge in the leasing of parcels for oil and gas drilling

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability | Leave a comment

Feds Notch New Record in Wage Cheating Cases

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Feds Notch New Record in Wage Cheating Cases

By Chelsea Conaboy on October 16, 2018

The Labor Department has been busy. Investigators recovered a record amount of illegally underpaid wages during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Labor Department, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health | Leave a comment

Safety Agency Nixes Tracking Deaths Involving ROVs FairWarining Reports

Safety Agency Nixes Tracking Deaths Involving ROVs

By Eli Wolfe on October 15, 2018

Despite mounting casualties from crashes of recreational off-highway vehicles, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has shot down a proposal to track injuries and deaths involving the popular trail machines.

Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Off-Road Vehicles | 3 Comments

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Labor Department Waters Down Injury Reporting Rule Targeted by Business

By Eli Wolfe

A requirement that employers disclose more information about worker injuries to safety officials and the public has been scaled back by the Trump administration.

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With Smack-Talking Invective, Lawyer Groups Appeal to Public as One Big Jury Pool

By Stuart Silverstein

Athletes are legendary trash talkers. But the business groups that howl about bogus lawsuits and plaintiff lawyers who claim to fight for ordinary folks victimized by corporations aren’t exactly slouches either.

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Law Puts Big Retailers on the Hook for Pay Owed to Truckers

By Eli Wolfe

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.

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Feds Find Memory Boosters Were Falsely Labeled But Refuse to Say Which Ones

By Stuart Silverstein

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Federal Vaccine Court Quietly Pays Out Billions

By Eli Wolfe

A chickenpox outbreak at a private school in North Carolina drew extensive national news coverage in November. The thrust of most stories was the public health threat of unvaccinated children and superstitious beliefs about vaccine risks.

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