Environmental Safety and Health

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 |
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 |

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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |

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 |
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 |