Brimer Files Complaint Against Northern Brewer

Russell Brimer has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Northern Brewer, LLC, alleging that the company sold vinyl/PVC hoses and tools with vinyl/PVC grips that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale in California that contain DEHP must provide consumers with a "clear and reasonable" warning of the risk of exposure.

In addition to civil penalties, Brimer seeks an injunction to prohibit Northern Brewer from selling the hoses and tools in California without a Proposition 65 warning.  Northern Brewer sells homebrew beer-making supplies and wine-making kits.

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.