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Traffic on the northbound and the southbound lanes of the Interstate 405 freeway near Los Angeles International Aiprort (Getty/Kevork Djansezian)

In battle against "the highway disease"

Myron Levin, Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
Mike Lewis and Shelby Floyd in a hemp field in Kentucky. (Photo credit: ) (Anna Carson Dewitt Photography, courtesy of Third Wave Farms)

Cannabis cultivation: patchwork policies

Nate Seltenrich - FairWarning
An activist shows sex workers how to apply hand sanitizer during an awareness campaign to promote safe measures against the spread of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. (Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images)

Hand sanitizer poisonings show FDA limit

Amy Martyn - FairWarning
Protective mask hanging on a rearview mirror (Getty Images)

Lack of fed action on weak vehicle seats

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
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FILE - In this April 15, 2011 file photo, a bottle of Johnson's baby powder is displayed in San Francisco. A St. Louis jury on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) (AP)

J&J stops selling talc-based baby powder

Myron Levin - FairWarning
Biodegradable and compostable plates and utensils. (Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

"Biodegradable" isn't always green

Lynne Peeples - FairWarning
Solar panels Photovoltaic systems - aerial view

The solar market isn't all sunshine

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo (US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau/Getty Images/Salon)

CFPB opponents have "financial motive"

Igor Derysh
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(Quentin Lueninghoener/FairWarning)

What’s in a name?

Myron Levin - FairWarning
In this April 17, 2010 file photo, a Toyota emblem is seen on a car during the Denver Auto Show in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Toyota settles sudden acceleration cases

Amy Martyn - FairWarning
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Recalls in name only?

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
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CPSC probes data breach amid complaints

Eli Wolfe, Myron Levin - FairWarning
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FILE - In this June 10, 2013 file photo, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. speaks in Trenton, N.J.    (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) (AP)

Lawmakers question influence at CPSC

Myron Levin - FairWarning
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Bracewell: Fighting product safety rules

Myron Levin - FairWarning
(AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (AP)

Bug bombs may pose harm to people

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
(AP/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Trump agency guts payday lending rules

Igor Derysh
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006 file photo, a doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in his Chicago office. A national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have mostly silent infections caused by the sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus, and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers. The study was released Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (AP)

Federal vaccine court pays out billions

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
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Feds find mislabeled memory boosters

Stuart Silverstein - FairWarning
(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Legal blowout over a tire

Ted Rohrlich - FairWarning
Ralph Nader (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ralph Nader: Democrats could blow it

Andrew O'Hehir
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Battle against radiation safety warnings

Lynne Peeples - FairWarning
Mick Mulvaney (Getty/ Win McNamee)

Mulvaney's CFPB destruction: A blueprint

Charlie May
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fight against window blind cord continue

Rick Schmitt - FairWarning
Mick Mulvaney (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Mulvaney's CFPB stops investigation

Paul Kiel - ProPublica
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