By Chelsea Conaboy on October 30, 2018
Weakened rules on how public lands may be used have spurred a surge in the leasing of parcels for oil and gas drilling
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability |
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 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 |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 28, 2018
There’s a new Marlboro Man, and she’s an Instagram influencer: Actually, there are many, according to a petition filed by public health advocacy groups asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate tobacco companies’ use of social media campaigns to lure young customers. “The tobacco companies are engaging in the same marketing tactics they used in the…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 14, 2018
Internal emails reveal concerns raised by agency experts about the Trump administration’s ideas for regulating the carcinogen.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, e-cigarettes, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Food Supply, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on June 12, 2018
Vodka toasts for gun rights group: Several prominent Russians, including people said to be in Putin’s inner circle or powerful within the Russian Orthodox Church, met with officials of the National Rifle Association in Moscow and elsewhere during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a McClatchy report.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer Protection, FDA, food safety, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Rick Schmitt on June 26, 2014
In April 2012, a team of inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigated a seafood company in southern India that had been exporting tons of frozen yellow fin tuna to the United States. What they found was not appetizing: water tanks rife with microbiological contamination, rusty carving knives, peeling paint above the work…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged FDA, food inspections, food safety, Food Supply, imports, Product Hazards and Recalls |
