Baby Products Reformulated Under TCG Settlement

Posted: 12/04/2013  browse the blog archive
Baby Products Reformulated Under TCG Settlement

On behalf of its client Laurence Vinocur, The Chanler Group successfully negotiated a settlement with baby products manufacturer Evenflo Company, Inc. that will result in the reformulation of thousands of infant car seats and booster seats.

Evenflo allegedly manufactured thousands of car and booster seats containing the carcinogenic flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (“TCEP”), without providing the requisite warning.  The settlement requires Evenflo to eliminate these chemicals from all their foam-padded car seats and pay up to $84,000 in fines, seventy-five percent of which go to the State of California to protect and enhance public health and the environment.

The Chanler Group’s clients continue to vigorously enforce the safety of children and infant products sold in California, and more settlements are expected.  Read the full press release here.

The Chanler Group represents citizen enforcers who, acting in the public interest, commence actions against businesses offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Citizen enforcers bringing Proposition 65 actions in the public interest may obtain a Court Judgment imposing civil penalties, an injunction requiring reformulation of products, and/or provision of health hazard warnings. The Chanler Group has represented citizen enforcers of Proposition 65 for more than twenty years.