Four Seasons Reformulates Bowls Thanks to Work of Dr. Held

Dr. Anthony Held, a client of The Chanler Group, negotiated an agreement with Four Seasons General Merchandise in February to ensure that its bowls are free of the toxic metal lead. 

Held alleged that Four Seasons violated Proposition 65 by selling bowls that contain lead in California without providing a health hazard warning.  Under Proposition 65, companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm must provide a health hazard warning.

As part of the agreement, Four Seasons agreed to reformulate all of its bowls to virtually eliminate lead.  Four Seasons will also pay civil penalties of $20,000, 75 percent of which are earmarked for California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.  

For more information about the agreement, please see the case summary on the website.

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.