Please share this important safety information. Don’t buy into the “Ford Built Tough” public relations whitewash. The only thing “tough” about Ford is its attitude about selling cars with known and curable defects. The Galaxy, Pinto, and Explorer debacles are well known, but there is a longstanding secret that Ford has concealed from the public. […]
PG&E Convicted of Breaking Safety Laws
Last Tuesday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) was convicted of obstructing the federal probe and violating various safety laws associated with the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion of 2010. The San Francisco Gate reported that PG&E was found guilty of five different felony counts of knowingly failing to inspect and test its gas […]
Fatal Bus Crash in Merced County
On Tuesday morning, five people were killed and many other people were injured in a tour bus crash on Highway 99. KRON Channel Four News reported that the wreck happened between Atwater and Livingston at about 3:30 a.m. The bus reportedly struck a highway exit sign pole, which tore through the middle of the bus. […]
Cancer, Child Safety, and 5G Cell Phone Radiation
The FCC recently voted to approve 5G Spectrum Frontiers, making the U.S. the first country in the world to open up higher-frequency millimeter wave spectrum for the development of 5G (fifth generation) wireless cellular technology. According to Environmental Health Trust, the FCC was flooded with comments and concerns about the potential health, safety and environmental […]
U.S. Dangerous Driving Culture
The Lancet recently reported on the unacceptably high rates of injury-causing and deadly crashes in the U.S. and on the culture of dangerous driving across the nation. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that when compared with 19 other high-income countries, the USA had the highest rate of […]