Hillel Aron

Consumer Advocates Continue to Push Funeral Homes on Price Transparency

By Hillel Aron on February 20, 2020

Many funeral homes don’t post prices for their services online, making it difficult for consumers to comparison shop.

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Toll Continues to Mount for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, the Victims in One in Five Traffic Deaths

By Hillel Aron on February 5, 2020

While walking and bicycling have been promoted as ways to get healthy exercise while reducing traffic congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions, the death toll for pedestrians and cyclists has risen sharply. Pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are now about 20 percent of all U.S. traffic fatalities.

Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, bicycling, pedestrian deaths, traffic safety | 2 Comments

Serious Concerns Raised Over FDA’s Capacity to Inspect Overseas Drug Makers

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 | 4 Comments

Dirty Air and the Human Brain: Does Pollution Poison the Mind?

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 | 3 Comments

Frustrated Advocates Increasingly Turn to the Courts to Fight Climate Change

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 | 1 Response

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Is the National Rifle Association a Foreign Asset?

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 | Leave a comment