Brimer Files Complaint Against FAM Re: DEHP in Exercise Balls

Posted: 04/26/2016  browse the blog archive
Brimer Files Complaint Against FAM Re: DEHP in Exercise Balls

Russell Brimer has filed a complaint against FAM, LLC, alleging that FAM violated Proposition 65 by selling exercise balls containing the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale that contain DEHP to provide consumers with a "clear and reasonable" warning of the risk of exposure.

In addition to civil penalties, Brimer seeks an injunction to prohibit FAM from selling exercise balls that contain DEHP in California unless they have been reformulated to be DEHP-free.

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.

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