By Chelsea Conaboy on March 19, 2019
Electronic medical records aren’t just exhausting doctors. They also, in the most extreme cases, contribute to injury or death.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Airline safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Government accountability, Workplace Safety and Health |
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 February 19, 2019
‘Our generation’s Agent Orange’: When New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer started covering the veterans affairs beat late last year, this was one of the first questions that popped up for her: “How was it that I had never heard of burn pits?” I had the same question last year as I sat on a…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, wage theft |
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 |
By Chelsea Conaboy on January 22, 2019
Food companies have stepped up aggressive marketing of junk food to black children and teens, according to a new report.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Drinking Water, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs |
By Chelsea Conaboy on January 15, 2019
Environmental and financial investigations, along with probes of deadly crashes, stall while federal agencies remain on hiatus
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Government accountability, Labor Department, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, 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 18, 2018
An epidemic of advanced black lung disease spread over Appalachia, killing more and more coal miners, while regulators sat on their hands
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, food safety, Food Supply, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
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 |
