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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,” traffic safety agency attacked as asleep at the wheel

Myron Levin, Eli Wolfe
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,” traffic safety agency attacked as asleep at the wheel

Myron Levin, Eli Wolfe
A water main manhole cover in a street in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Tenacious citizens take on the plastics industry over an insidious pollutant

Myron Levin
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)

Johnson & Johnson to halt North American sales of talc-based Johnson’s baby powder

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What’s in a name? Ghostly spirits stalk the medical literature

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Safety agency probes data breach amid complaints about muzzling of hazard information

Eli Wolfe, Myron Levin
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 industry influence at U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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ATV deaths top 15,000 threshold in latest government report

Eli Wolfe, Myron Levin
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Industries turn to Bracewell lobbyists to scuttle product safety rules

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This March 6, 2014, image provided by AAA Foundation via DanCampbellPhotography.com shows driver during the Cognitive Distraction Phase II testing in Salt Lake City. Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse. (AP Photo/DanCampbellPhotographer.com via AAA Foundation) (AP)

Apple has swatted away distracted driving lawsuits without much trouble so far

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Mistrial declared in high-Stakes Johnson & Johnson talc-cancer case

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Safety would take a back seat if Senate passes bill on driverless cars, critics say

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Study finds Apple’s CarPlay, Google’s Android less distracting, but still not safe

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California Conservation Corps failed to heed warning signs before fatal van crash

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Baby powder battles: Johnson & Johnson internal documents reveal asbestos worries

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After a long holdout, tobacco companies to issue mea culpas

Stuart Silverstein, Myron Levin
In this July 12, 2016 photo, Nissan Motor Co. Deputy General Manager Atsushi Iwaki gets his hands off of the steering wheel of a self-driving new Serena minivan during a test drive at Nissan test course in Yokosuka, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Don’t drive distracted, wireless industry says, but safety advocates want more than talk

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Blowing smoke: Tobacco giant uses Al Sharpton, other black leaders to combat menthol restrictions

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Ovarian cancer and baby powder: Johnson & Johnson suffers massive new defeat

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What automakers and regulators aren’t telling parent drivers

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Big Tobacco’s big race play: Philip Morris, the NAACP and the future of menthol cigarettes

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The hard truth about the softest mineral: Talc is littered with stray asbestos

Myron Levin

“Why aren’t they warning women about it?” The toxic danger in your baby powder

Myron Levin

Why Big Tobacco keeps demolishing the FDA in federal court

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