Government accountability
By Eli Wolfe on December 12, 2018
An obscure program that has judged vaccine injury and death claims for three decades passes a financial milestone
Posted in Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Vaccine Safety |
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 |
By Chelsea Conaboy on November 27, 2018
The latest National Climate Assessment projects a rise in heat-related deaths and billions of dollars in economic damage by century’s end.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, FDA, Firearms, food safety, Food Supply, Government accountability, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on November 20, 2018
Administration officials blame mismanagement of forests and “radical environmentalists” for massive California blazes.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, Smoking and Tobacco Industry |
By Chelsea Conaboy on November 13, 2018
President Trump blames deadly blazes on state mismanagement of the forests, drawing outrage from a firefighters labor leader.
Posted in Recent Stories, Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace 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 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 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 |
