Englander Serves Eight Prop 65 Sixty-Day Notices Re: Flame Retardant TCEP

Posted: 02/25/2013  browse the blog archive

Peter Englander—a client of The Chanler Group—served eight new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing the flame retardant Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning.  TCEP is a chemical known to cause cancer.  Companies receiving notices include Acme Furniture, The TJX Companies, Thomasville Furniture Industries, and others. The products include padded upholstered furniture such as chairs, stools, and ottomans. A partial list of the notices appears below.

 

Product Chemical Alleged Violator Citizen Enforcer
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Ottomans TCEP Acme Furniture Industry, Inc. Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Chairs TCEP

Blumenthal Distributing, Inc.;
The TJX Companies, Inc.

 Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Stools TCEP Cheyenne Industries, LLC; Target Corporation Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Ottomans TCEP Hooker Furniture Corporation Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Chairs TCEP Kirklands, Inc. Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Chairs TCEP Palecek Imports, Inc. Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Ottomans TCEP Ross Stores, Inc. Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Ottomans/Benches TCEP The Uttermost Co., Furniture Brands International, Inc.; Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc. Englander

 

Read the most recent notices issued by clients of The Chanler Group

60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, Flame retardants, Furniture, Proposition 65, tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate ("TCEP")