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Four Wisconsin in-home child care providers match sex offender addresses

"An audit of the Wisconsin Shares program released Wednesday found four cases where the addresses of in-home child-care providers matched those of registered sex offenders," according to a report by […]
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Chemical industry fought ban of bisphenol A

Reporters Meg Kissinger and Susanne Rust of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed thousands of pages of public records, from IRS documents to financial disclosure filings, to get inside the chemical […]
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FDA inspection failed to catch tainted syringes

An investigation co-published by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica reveals that the Food and Drug Administration failed to prevent the distribution of tainted syringes linked to several deaths and serious […]
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Food safety becoming responsiblity of the consumer

Following a mysterious outbreak of salmonella in 2007 linked to pot pies from ConAgra Foods, corporations have moved to place the responsibility for "food safety" on the consumer through warnings […]
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Handicapped accessibility a problem at many CTA stations

An investigation into the handicapped accessibility of Chicago Transit Authority stations by a team of reporters from Columbia College Chicago found that "41 percent of the stations designated fully accessible […]
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FDA wants states to monitor their own inspectors

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants states to assess their own inspection programs, even after Georgia’s failed to prevent a salmonella outbreak traced to a Blakely peanut plant, exposing […]
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Junk-mail contests exploit consumers

Abigail Goldman of the Las Vegas Sun explored the prevalence of direct-mail contests and sweepstakes that make big claims but use small type to disclose the odds of winning. According […]
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Florida 'Pill Mills' thrive

A two-part series in The Miami Herald explains how Florida storefront clinics exploit the market for narcotic painkillers.  Scott Hiassen reports, "Experts blame these clinics for a startling rise in […]
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Problems plague Georgia's food safety system

A report by Alan Judd of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reveals that the food safety system overseen by Georgia's Agriculture Department is riddled with problems. Only after a fatal outbreak of […]
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Federal car seat tests results raise safety questions

A Chicago Tribune investigation raises serious questions about the rigor of safety standards for infant car seats. Thirty one such seats either flew off their bases or exceeded injury limits […]
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