FairWarning

The creator of over-the-counter s*x supplements is awaiting sentencing for illegally importing bulk quantities of prescription drugs. But he was just one of many players profiting from the sale of s*x pills with hidden drugs. https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/02/potent-rhino-pills-outlast-anything-even-the-arrest-of-their-creator/

Death rate for Latinos spikes over 1000% in LA, study finds another baffling side effect of Covid, DDT and herpes wiping out sea lions, and more in this week's : https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/02/latino-death-rate-in-l-a-skyrockets-national-masking-order-issued-for-public-transportation/

In case you missed it: Pesticide, colloidal silver and fake contact tracers--scam artists are still finding ways to fleece consumers during the pandemic: https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/covid-scams-are-booming/

Vaccines vs. variants, the forthcoming fleet of EV charging stations, environmental racism charges in a Chicago scrapyard fight—all that and more in our end-of-week :
https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/a-single-dose-vaccine-is-coming-even-as-u-s-covid-deaths-are-expected-to-reach-500000-by-feb-20/

Black Plague tea. Biomagnetism treatment. Ozone therapy.

As authorities try to crack down, bogus Covid-19 promotions like these are still going strong, with consumers falling prey to sham treatments and cures.

https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/covid-scams-are-booming/

Biden orders limits on travel as global covid cases near 100 million, vaccine chasers cut the line, Trump's clemency picks are a "kick in the teeth," and more in our Tuesday :
https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/biden-orders-limits-on-travel-as-global-covid-cases-near-100-million/

Biden's stimulus plan would end the tipped minimum wage.

Last year we covered the restaurant workers organizing to end the practice.
https://www.fairwarning.org/2020/07/as-restaurants-and-bars-reopen-workers-step-up-fight-to-end-tipped-minimum-wage/

In case you missed it: Curious whether your city is park- poor? Check out FairWarning's story on the cities that scored best and worst in 2020: https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/which-u-s-cities-get-failing-grades-on-parks/

Biden issues executive orders to bring the pandemic under control, white patients are getting vaccinated at a higher rate than Black patients, monarch butterfly population at an all time low—all that and more in Friday's : https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/covid-death-toll-about-to-pass-u-s-fatalities-in-world-war-ii/

Pete Buttigieg, nominee for Secretary of Transportation, appeared today before a Senate committee to outline his plans for the agency. https://c-span.org/video/?508035-1/transportation-secretary-nominee-pete-buttigieg-testifies-confirmation-hearing

ICYMI, FairWarning investigated problems plaguing one of the DOT's most important arms--NHTSA: https://www.fairwarning.org/2020/12/traffic-safety-agency-called-asleep-at-the-wheel/

400,000 deaths from COVID-19 by the end of today, NHTSA loosens safety standards for autonomous vehicles, a potential danger hiding in the disinfectants that purify our drinking water—all that and more in this week's : https://www.fairwarning.org/2021/01/biden-to-honor-400000-lost-covid/