Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 30, 2013
Posted 08/30/13
NFL settles concussion lawsuit for $765 million – The action was brought by thousands of former players suffering health problems who accused the NFL of hiding the risks of football-related brain injury. Reuters
Fast-food workers strike for higher wages – The protesting workers participated in about 60 cities and called for the right to unionize without interference and for a doubling of their meager hourly...
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US Olympic speed skater suspended for skate tampering – 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Simon Cho is suspended for two years by the International Skating Union after admitting he sabotaged the skates of his Canadian rival, Olivier Jean, during the 2011 World Team Championship. 
NFL pressures ESPN to quit film project on concussions – ESPN, which has the NFL’s lucrative Monday Night Football contract, was working on the documentary with PBS’ “Frontline” for more than a year. 
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Growing misuse of antibiotics – Recent studies show that doctors are not only prescribing too many antibiotics, they are also prescribing the wrong ones. 
Budweiser is king of beers for alcohol related ER visits – A Johns Hopkins University study finds that Budweiser is the beverage most commonly associated with alcohol related emergency room visits. 
The dispute over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, rages on with neither side giving much credence to the other. Proponents of the practice insist it is a safe and cost-effective way to unlock vast new supplies of oil and natural gas -- billions and billions of gallons worth. Opponents argue that the millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals pumped deep into the ground to break apart...
Federal judge blasts NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy as unconstitutional racial profiling – Manhattan federal judge Shira Scheindlin found the practice improperly targets young black and Hispanic men and appointed a federal monitor to oversee major reforms. 
NCAA stops selling jerseys, admitting practice was mistake – The NCAA will stop selling team and player merchandise acknowledging it was hypocritical to what the association holds out to be its core purpose.