By Chelsea Conaboy on April 23, 2019
The chorus is growing louder, but is it being heard? More smart people, in books and television shows, are arguing for the urgency of dealing with climate change, presenting heaps of despair at the damage being done to our planet along with hints of hope.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Firearms, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Vaccine Safety, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on April 16, 2019
Review of numerous studies shows there is strong evidence–despite an industry narrative to the contrary–that fracking exposure is associated with an increased risk of certain health problems, including preterm birth and high-risk pregnancy, asthma flare-ups
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, Vaccine Safety, wage theft, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on February 12, 2019
A rising tide of garbage on land and in the seas, and the related health hazards, help make a case for a global ban on single-use plastics.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Food Supply, Government accountability, Product Hazards and Recalls, Vaccine Safety, wage theft |
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 FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Vaccine Safety |
By Chelsea Conaboy on July 3, 2018
The Ocean State v. Big Oil: Rhode Island, which has more than 400 miles of coastline, has become the first state in the country to sue oil companies for the cost of protecting itself from rising seas. More than a dozen cities and counties in four other states have filed similar lawsuits that aim to hold…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Firearms, Off-Road Vehicles, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Vaccine Safety, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Sarah Bridges on April 7, 2016
Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions.
Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions. But there are exceptions, as our family knows well.
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By Rebecca Kessler on June 27, 2013
Mercury is considered such a dire health threat that delegates from more than 140 nations have drafted a global treaty to minimize mercury emissions. But there’s one form of mercury the treaty won’t touch.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates | Tagged Vaccine Safety |
on November 30, 2011
Chinese vaccine makers are gearing up to boost their exports over the next few years. The move is raising hopes that lower-cost immunizations will become available for the world’s poor — as well as fears that vaccine quality standards will be threatened. As USA Today reports, China captured world attention in 2009 when one of…
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on November 14, 2011
Smallpox was eradicated worldwide by 1978. If a rogue regime ever acquired the virus and tried using it in a bioterrorism attack, Americans would be protected by the nation’s $1 billion stockpile of smallpox vaccine. Even so, according to an investigative report in the Los Angeles Times, the Obama administration over the last year has…
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on October 26, 2011
An influential U.S. advisory panel is urging that boys and young men be vaccinated against HPV, a controversial recommendation that would expand the use of an immunization intended to prevent cancers related to sexual activity. The recommendation by the panel follows five years of efforts by health authorities to encourage girls ages 11 to 26…
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For a More Nuanced Discussion of Vaccine Safety
By Sarah Bridges on April 7, 2016
Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions.
Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions. But there are exceptions, as our family knows well.
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