Product Hazards and Recalls
By Eli Wolfe and Myron Levin on June 5, 2019
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has directed people to destroy information it says it inadvertently gave them, but some have refused.
Posted in FairWarning Reports | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on May 29, 2019
A safety standard created by the lawn mower industry hasn’t stopped riding mowers from backing over and seriously injuring small children.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Marjie Lundstrom on April 18, 2019
More than three years after federal agencies launched their investigation of crumb rubber fields, they have yet to issue any safety findings–frustrating parents, coaches, and the recycling industry.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 9, 2019
Drug-resistant infections are spreading across the globe and perhaps in a hospital near you. But it may be a secret.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Airline safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Government accountability, Medical Errors, Product Hazards and Recalls, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 2, 2019
David Bernhardt, acting secretary of the Interior Department, seems headed for confirmation by the Senate. He told the Energy and Natural Resources Committee that, if confirmed, he will stop recusing himself from issues that involve his former clients as soon as this summer
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Aviation Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Myron Levin on April 1, 2019
Editor's note: Correction and update April 11. See note at end of the story.
Members of Congress are demanding information about the CPSC chair’s ties with industry, citing FairWarning’s report on Bracewell lobbyists.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe and Myron Levin on March 20, 2019
Federal officials concede that the death toll is an undercount. Fatalities involving some trail machines are not included.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Off-Road Vehicles, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Chelsea Conaboy on March 5, 2019
Faulty lines, fires sparked: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. acknowledged that its equipment likely started what became the most destructive fire in California’s history, burning nearly 14,000 homes last November and killing 85 people, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company has filed for bankruptcy protection and faces dozens of lawsuits from people who lost property…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Food Supply, Government accountability, Labor Department, Product Hazards and Recalls, wage violations, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on February 26, 2019
Environmental divide : In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment of the chemical ethylene oxide, marking it as a cancer-causing agent and dramatically lowering the acceptable threshold for healthy air. What happened after that, as explained by Sharon Lerner in The Intercept, illustrates the racialized nature of environmental regulation in the U.S. In affluent,…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Food Supply, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Chelsea Conaboy on February 19, 2019
‘Our generation’s Agent Orange’: When New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer started covering the veterans affairs beat late last year, this was one of the first questions that popped up for her: “How was it that I had never heard of burn pits?” I had the same question last year as I sat on a…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, wage theft |
