Product Hazards and Recalls
By Eli Wolfe on February 13, 2020
Editor's note: Story was updated February 14. See correction at end of the story.
Polaris Industries, which boasts of being a global leader in sales of off-highway vehicles, also has the dubious distinction of being the No. 1 company for recalls, according to a new report.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Nate Seltenrich on January 15, 2020
Despite the efforts of Customs and Border Protection agents, counterfeiters are passing off ineffective refrigerator water filters to many thousands of consumers, who think they are buying the real thing. The fakes may not only be useless, but unsafe. Along with failing to do what they claim, counterfeits can introduce chemicals such as arsenic and octane, a petroleum-derived solvent, into users’ drinking water.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Myron Levin on November 6, 2019
In an age of distortion, propaganda and fake news, medical literature might seem to be a safe space for honest scientific inquiry, with no room for bias or spin. It isn’t so. Court proceedings, investigations and whistleblower accounts have revealed a long history of drug companies manipulating the literature to promote their drugs or disparage rival products–with the aim of getting doctors to prescribe more of their meds
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Adriane Fugh-Berman, Allergan, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Darren Taichman, FDA, Georgetown, GlaxoSmithKline, James Beck, Leemon McHenry, Merck, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, PharmedOUT, Product Hazards and Recalls, Sen. Charles Grassley, Stephen Braun, William Tierney |
By Amy Martyn on October 30, 2019
Without admitting liability, Toyota since 2014 has quietly settled 537 lawsuits blaming sudden unintended acceleration for crashes that caused deaths or serious injuries. Automotive safety advocates see the complaints as a sign that Toyota and federal regulators failed to properly address the root of the problem when they had the opportunity years earlier.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on September 12, 2019
A new report finds some companies hide or ignore recall notices about their products on their websites and in online posts.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 27, 2019
Convenience, selection and quick delivery have made Amazon a trusted brand. But a team of Wall Street Journal reporters found thousands of products for sale on Amazon that wouldn’t be permitted on the shelves of big box stores because they had been deemed unsafe or were outright banned by federal regulators.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
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 |
