By Myron Levin on October 27, 2016
Health care products giant Johnson & Johnson suffered another big legal defeat late Thursday, when a St. Louis jury ordered the company and its talc supplier to pay about $70 million in damages to a woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the use of talc powders for feminine hygiene. The award marked the third…
Posted in FairWarning Reports | Tagged In Focus, Product Hazards and Recalls |
on May 13, 2014
Karim Ameri decided to play hardball after learning that his Los Angeles recycling business was under investigation for allegedly failing to pay the minimum wage or overtime to workers putting in 60-hour weeks. Court records say Ameri pressured employees of Recycling Innovations, a string of bottle-and-can redemption centers, to lie to federal officials about his…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged In Focus, Workplace |
on May 13, 2014
For workers stuck on the bottom rung, living on poverty wages is hard enough. But many also are victims of wage theft, a catch-all term for payroll abuses that cheat workers of income they are supposedly guaranteed by law. Over the last few years employers ranging from baseball’s San Francisco Giants to Subway franchises to…
Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged In Focus, Workplace |
By Patrick Corcoran on March 23, 2011
After learning of a 2009 accident that killed a seven-month-old infant in Colorado Springs, Colo., federal authorities have reissued a recall order for close to a million Delta Enterprise Corp. drop-side baby cribs. Although the cribs are not believed to have been sold by major retailers for several years, the new announcement serves as a…
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By Matthew Heller on January 19, 2011
On-the-job deaths in the mining industry, after hitting a record low of 34 in 2009, shot back up to 71 last year. Twenty-three of the 2010 fatalities, the Department of Labor reported, were in surface mining accidents. The other 48 miners died in underground mining incidents — including 29 killed in the April explosion at…
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By Elise Craig on July 8, 2010
Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder may have an easier time getting disability benefits as soon as this Monday. The Department of Veterans Affairs is set to drop a rule that requires veterans to document specific events like mortar attacks or bomb blasts that might have caused the illness, The New York Times reports. The new rules…
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By Lea Yu on June 16, 2010
Massey Energy Co. says a ventilation system ordered by government regulators reduced air flow in the Upper Big Branch mine, possibly causing the April explosion in which 29 miners perished. Massey CEO Don Blankenship said that in 2009 and 2010, the agency required the mine to adopt a ventilation system that resulted in less airflow….
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By Elise Craig on June 14, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration is considering new protocol to make sure that patients and their doctors know how much radiation they get exposed to in common medical tests like CT scans, the Associated Press reports. People in the United States are exposed to more medical radiation than in any other country, and the average…
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By Matthew Richmond on May 27, 2010
Two separate team of scientists have calculated a new estimate of the oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20, and even their most conservative estimate makes it the largest spill in U.S. history. According to their findings, between 504,000 and more than 1 million gallons of oil per day have spilled into…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Environmental Safety and Health, In Focus |
By Bridget Huber on April 9, 2010
The U.S. Navy has banned smoking below deck on all submarines, and will offer sailors medication and support to help them kick the habit, Admiral John J. Donnelly, commander of the Navy’s Submarine Forces, has announced. About 35 to 40 percent of sailors on active duty smoke, a Navy spokesperson told CNN. A leading anti-smoking group praised the decision, saying the…
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