US water suppliers cover up spikes in hormone-disrupting herbicide contamination, report claims

Taking advantage of regulatory loopholes, US water suppliers may be concealing alarmingly high concentrations of toxic herbicides in Americans’ drinking water, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group. The report found more than 30 million Americans’ drinking water is contaminated with atrazine, a known endocrine and reproductive disruptor linked to increased risk […]

Tesla reportedly asked suppliers for a refund as it looks to turn a profit (TSLA)

Tesla Tesla asked suppliers for a refund in order to help it become profitable, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.  Shares fell more than 4% after the report. Follow Tesla’s stock price in real-time here. Tesla has asked some of its suppliers for refunds in order to help it reach its profitability goal, the Wall […]

Johnson & Johnson and one of its suppliers must pay at least $37 million to New Jersey man and his wife over claims its baby powder caused his cancer

Reuters Johnson & Johnson, and its talc supplier, Imerys SA, must pay at least $ 37 million to a man who says he developed mesothelioma after inhaling dust from the company’s talc powder-based products.  Stephen Lanzo said he has used Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder produts since his birth in 1972. This is the second […]

Child labor and debt bondage: Apple audit exposes ‘core violations’ of tech giant’s suppliers

Apple suppliers have breached the firm’s core labor rules 44 times in the last year, according to a new audit. The number of overall violations, which include debt bondage and underage employment, have doubled. The 2017 Supplier Responsibility Report includes 756 of the tech giant’s suppliers. Some 197 suppliers were audited for the first time. […]

Tesla slips on report it’s cutting orders from one of its Model 3 parts suppliers (TSLA)

Tesla’s stock is falling after a report about Model 3 parts production cuts. The company is struggling to get past production bottlenecks for its new vehicle. Check out Tesla’s live stock price here.   Tesla is falling after the Economic Daily News out of Taiwan reported that the company has cut production orders at one of its Model […]