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Environmental Safety and Health

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

Long-Running Government Study Finds Cellphone Radiation Causes Cancer in Rats

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Long-Running Government Study Finds Cellphone Radiation Causes Cancer in Rats

By Chelsea Conaboy on November 6, 2018

Despite federal assurance that the research doesn’t apply to people, critics say the results raise health concerns for children and others.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Cell Phones, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Gadgets and Distracted Driving, Government accountability, Medical Errors, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health | 2 Comments

Big Drop Shown in U.S. Deaths Linked to Air Pollution

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Big Drop Shown in U.S. Deaths Linked to Air Pollution

By Chelsea Conaboy on October 23, 2018

An analysis finds that premature deaths each year related to ozone and fine particulate matter fell by nearly half over two decades

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Food Supply, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Workplace Safety and Health | Leave a comment

With Rise in Chemotherapy for Pets, Higher Risks for Veterinary Staff FairWarining Investigates

With Rise in Chemotherapy for Pets, Higher Risks for Veterinary Staff

By Stuart Silverstein on October 18, 2018

As more dogs and cats are treated for cancer, veterinarians and their assistants increasingly face the risk of exposure to hazardous drugs, which are often being handled without proper safeguards.

Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Environmental Safety and Health, Medical Errors, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Workplace Safety and Health | 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

Chilling News About a Warming Planet

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Chilling News About a Warming Planet

By Chelsea Conaboy on October 9, 2018

The world’s leading body of climate scientists has issued a report saying that climate change is altering the planet more rapidly than previously thought and that things will have to change rapidly to moderate the effects,

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Cell Phones, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, wage theft | Leave a comment

Lawmaking After a Massacre

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Lawmaking After a Massacre

By Chelsea Conaboy on October 2, 2018

In the year after the slaughter that killed 58 people on the Las Vegas strip, state lawmakers have had mixed success in passing new gun control measures.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Food Supply, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health | Leave a comment

A Foodborne Parasite on the Rise

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A Foodborne Parasite on the Rise

By Chelsea Conaboy on September 25, 2018

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has documented 2,173 cases of the foodborne illness cyclosporiasis from May through August this year. That’s a surge in the case count from prior years.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Medical Errors, Workplace Safety and Health | Leave a comment

Mistrial Declared in High-Stakes Johnson & Johnson Talc-Cancer Case FairWarining Reports

Mistrial Declared in High-Stakes Johnson & Johnson Talc-Cancer Case

By Myron Levin on September 24, 2018

A mistrial was declared today after a California state court jury deadlocked on whether Johnson & Johnson was responsible for the asbestos-related cancer of a woman who blamed her illness on longtime use of contaminated baby powder.

Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Environmental Safety and Health, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls, talc | Leave a comment

Feds Pressure E-cigarette Makers, Blasting 'Epidemic of Addiction' Among Teens

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Feds Pressure E-cigarette Makers, Blasting ‘Epidemic of Addiction’ Among Teens

By Chelsea Conaboy on September 18, 2018

Authorities told JUUL and four other makers of e-cigarettes that they have 60 days to submit a plan addressing the problem, while also sending more than 1,300 warning letters to retailers that it said illegally sold e-cigarette products to teens.

Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, OSHA, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health | Leave a comment

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Bug Bombs Are Duds at Killing Insects Yet May Pose Harm to People, Study Finds

By Eli Wolfe

A new study has found that bug bombs, which are used by millions of Americans to kill insects such as cockroaches, often fail to eradicate those pests and yet expose consumers to potential health risks.

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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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