By Rick Schmitt on November 14, 2019
To his supporters, former air marshal Robert MacLean personifies the best traits of whistleblowers, determined to expose the government’s dirty laundry, even at high personal cost. To critics, he’s an obsessive and even vindictive ex-federal employee who overstepped his bounds. Now he’s battling over the need for secondary barriers to keep would-be intruders from reaching the cockpit.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Whistleblowers, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on May 7, 2019
A decade has passed since the federal minimum wage increased even a cent. Millions of minimum wage workers earn more than the $7.25 per hour set by Congress because 29 states, plus Washington, D.C., have set higher rates. But Labor Secretary Acosta told lawmakers he opposes a federal hike.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 9, 2019
Drug-resistant infections are spreading across the globe and perhaps in a hospital near you. But it may be a secret.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Government accountability, Medical Errors, Product Hazards and Recalls, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 2, 2019
David Bernhardt, acting secretary of the Interior Department, seems headed for confirmation by the Senate. He told the Energy and Natural Resources Committee that, if confirmed, he will stop recusing himself from issues that involve his former clients as soon as this summer
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on March 26, 2019
A rush job with fatal effects?: As the investigation into the crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 in Ethiopia this month continues, the picture that seems to be emerging is a one of a faulty sensor, problematic software and hubris. With European aircraft maker Airbus threatening to lure away key customers, Boeing fast-tracked the…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Aviation Safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Smoking and Tobacco Industry |
By Chelsea Conaboy on March 12, 2019
With Ethiopian crash, toll at 346 in five months: At least 27 airlines have grounded their Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after 157 people were killed when one crashed in Ethiopia Sunday. A growing list of countries–including China, the U.K., Australia, Indonesia and Singapore–have banned the planes from their airspace, worried about similarities between the…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Workplace Safety and Health |
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 |
By Chelsea Conaboy on December 4, 2018
After decades of improvement, life expectancy has trended downward for three years, the worst reversal in a century.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Medical Errors, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Paul Feldman on June 14, 2018
As the nation’s fleet of small recreational and commercial drones keeps soaring — the government projects nearly 3 million will be in the skies by 2022 — safety concerns are rising even as federal enforcement stalls.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Aviation Safety |
Big Companies in Legal Scrapes Turn to Science-for-Hire Giant Exponent
By Myron Levin and Paul Feldman on December 13, 2016
The Fall of Icarus is the Greek myth about a youth who gets a pair of wax-and-feather wings but soars too close to the sun–melting the wings and casting him into the sea. In the 1990s, a consulting firm called Failure Analysis Associates ran tongue-in-cheek ads aimed at corporate lawyers that retold the myth as…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Aviation Safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Product Hazards and Recalls, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
