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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

U.S. Life Expectancy Fell in 2017, With Drug Overdoses and Suicides the Main Culprits

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U.S. Life Expectancy Fell in 2017, With Drug Overdoses and Suicides the Main Culprits

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 | Leave a comment

Amid Dramatic Growth of U.S. Drone Fleet, Federal Safety Oversight Lags FairWarining Reports

Amid Dramatic Growth of U.S. Drone Fleet, Federal Safety Oversight Lags

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 | Leave a comment

They're Everywhere! FairWarining Investigates

They’re Everywhere!

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 | 4 Comments

Congress Moves to Reduce Risk of Midair Collisions Posed by Drones FairWarining Reports

Congress Moves to Reduce Risk of Midair Collisions Posed by Drones

By Rick Schmitt on July 13, 2016

Congress today sent to President Obama legislation to address the growing safety threat posed by thousands of drones entering the nation’s airspace. The safety measures are contained in a bill to continue the funding of the Federal Aviation Administration, whose legal authority is due to expire on Friday. The Senate today approved the legislation following…

Posted in FairWarning Reports | Tagged Airline safety, Aviation Safety | 1 Response

Federal Agency That Protects Whistleblowers Accused of Retaliating Against One of its Own FairWarining Reports

Federal Agency That Protects Whistleblowers Accused of Retaliating Against One of its Own

By Stuart Silverstein on April 11, 2016

Editor's note: See update at bottom of story.

For nearly five years, Darrell Whitman was a federal investigator who probed whistleblowers’ complaints about being fired or otherwise punished for exposing alleged corporate misconduct. He wanted to help whistleblowers, viewing them as a crucial line of defense against employers who violated health and safety standards or wasted taxpayer dollars. But now Whitman, 70, is…

Posted in FairWarning Reports | Tagged Aviation Safety, Environmental Safety and Health, Whistleblowers, Workplace, Workplace Safety and Health | 6 Comments

Thousands of Drones Fill the Skies, Raising Fears of Midair Collisions FairWarining Investigates

Thousands of Drones Fill the Skies, Raising Fears of Midair Collisions

By Rick Schmitt and Stuart Silverstein on February 10, 2016

Editor's note: Editor's note: See the update at the bottom of this story.

On a Saturday night in early December, while relaxing at his Martinez, Calif., home, Chinese exchange student Owen Ouyang decided to have some fun. He went out to the front yard and launched a sleek new drone he had recently purchased online for about $1,000. The 2.8-pound drone, advertised as “easy to fly,” proved anything…

Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged Airline safety, Aviation Safety | 9 Comments

Long Commutes for Pilots May Mean Fatigue in the Cockpit, Study Says

on July 7, 2011

Airline pilots who commute hundreds of miles to work might show up too exhausted to perform their jobs safely. That concern is raised by a National Research Council report that found that one in five airline pilots lives at least 750 miles from work. As the Associated Press reports, the study’s researchers looked at the home addresses of…

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Aviation Safety, Workplace Safety and Health | 1 Response

Tots on Planes Should Get Off Laps and Into Safety Seats, FAA Advises

By Christine Young on May 25, 2011

Children weighing 40 pounds or less should sit in approved safety seats, rather than on their parents’ laps, when flying. That’s a key recommendation in a joint statement issued this week by the Federal Aviation Administration and the American Association of Flight Attendants. The FAA will continue, however, to allow children under age two to fly for free…

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Aviation Safety | Leave a comment

Increase in Near Collisions Blamed on Inexperienced Air Traffic Controllers

By Patrick Corcoran on May 13, 2011

Federal authorities say that the deployment of inexperienced air traffic controllers at some of the nation’s busiest airports may explain the soaring number of near-collisions in American skies last year. As the Associated Press reports, the  Department of Transportation, which oversees air traffic through the Federal Aviation Administration, testified before a Senate subcommittee that the…

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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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