By Hillel Aron on January 8, 2020
With the U.S. increasingly dependent on foreign manufacturers for prescription and generic drugs, the Food and Drug Administration’s problem-plagued efforts to inspect overseas plants are under growing scrutiny.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer product safety, Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs |
By Hillel Aron on December 12, 2019
Air pollution is known to be a serious health risk – a cause of asthma, heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and a factor, according to the World Health Organization, in an estimated seven million deaths worldwide every year. A growing body of research suggests air pollution may also be harming our brains. In recent years, new areas of study have opened up into how air pollution might affect our minds and the way we think and feel. Epidemiologists and neuroscientists have found evidence linking long-term exposure
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution, Brain, Environment, public health, research |
By Hillel Aron on November 20, 2019
A rising tide of climate-related lawsuits across the U.S. could represent an important new front in the fight to limit harm from a warming planet, and force energy companies to foot the bill for measures to address it. But against the staunch opposition of energy producers and federal agencies also targeted in some of the suits, it’s uncertain how much impact the litigation will have.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution, Civil Litigation, Climate Change, Environment, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lawsuits |
By Hillel Aron on October 1, 2019
An 18-month probe by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee produced a report, provocatively titled: “The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset.” It accuses NRA officers, board members and donors of helping to facilitate Russia’s illegal influence campaign during the 2016 presidential race.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution, Autonomous Vehicles, California, coal, Donald Trump, e-cigarettes, Elon Musk, Environmental Protection Agency, NRA, Tesla, THC, Vaping, Warning Wire |
By Hillel Aron on September 26, 2019
A recent study found that contaminants in tap water could cause 100,000 cases of cancer over the course of 70 years.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Arizona, Arsenic, cancer, Cancer Risk, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Working Group, Paper, research, Study, tap water, water |
By Hillel Aron on September 18, 2019
An 81-year-old labor law allows certain companies to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage. Some make pennies an hour.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged 14c, Americans With Disability Access, Disability, Employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, Michael Denoewer, Minimum Wage, Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises, Section 14c, Sheltered Workshops, Sub-Minimum Wage, UCO Industries |
By Hillel Aron on September 11, 2019
People are still taking Miracle Mineral Solution, a toxic chemical compound that purports to cure everything from cancer to autism.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Autism, Bleach, Chlorine Dioxide, Doug Nash, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Miracle Cure, Miracle Mineral Solution, MMS, Safety, Snake Oil, Sylvia Fink |
By Hillel Aron on July 24, 2019
There’s a broad scientific consensus that alcohol is a carcinogen. Now some advocates want alcoholic beverages to come with cancer warning labels.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged alcohol, cancer, public health, TPP, warning labels |
