By Nate Seltenrich on January 15, 2020
Despite the efforts of Customs and Border Protection agents, counterfeiters are passing off ineffective refrigerator water filters to many thousands of consumers, who think they are buying the real thing. The fakes may not only be useless, but unsafe. Along with failing to do what they claim, counterfeits can introduce chemicals such as arsenic and octane, a petroleum-derived solvent, into users’ drinking water.
Posted in Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 27, 2019
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.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on July 9, 2019
The beverage industry trumpets its efforts at sustainability. Coca Cola, for example, has set a goal of making a full half of its packaging from recycled material by 2030. Yet, the industry repeatedly has blocked a key tool in increasing recycling rates: the bottle bill.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs |
By Chelsea Conaboy on May 28, 2019
Some said they know getting a climate bill signed into law by President Trump is nearly impossible, but they hoped to persuade lawmakers who could outlast him of the urgency of the matter.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Government accountability, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on May 21, 2019
Uber and Lyft have been talking a lot about safety lately, with a focus on making sure customers feel safe with their drivers. But what about the vehicles themselves?
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, wage theft |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 30, 2019
Food sick: The U.S. has seen a significant increase in the number of people contracting certain foodborne illnesses, with more multi-state outbreaks in 2018 than at any point in the previous decade, reports Laura Riley of The Washington Post. Better, quicker diagnosis is one factor, but public health experts told Riley that holes in food…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Food Supply, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco Industry |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 16, 2019
Review of numerous studies shows there is strong evidence–despite an industry narrative to the contrary–that fracking exposure is associated with an increased risk of certain health problems, including preterm birth and high-risk pregnancy, asthma flare-ups
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, Vaccine Safety, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on February 26, 2019
Environmental divide : In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment of the chemical ethylene oxide, marking it as a cancer-causing agent and dramatically lowering the acceptable threshold for healthy air. What happened after that, as explained by Sharon Lerner in The Intercept, illustrates the racialized nature of environmental regulation in the U.S. In affluent,…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Food Supply, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls |
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 |
