Held and Englander Issue 21 New 60-Day Notices of P65 Violation

Posted: 09/25/2015  browse the blog archive
Held and Englander Issue 21 New 60-Day Notices of P65 Violation

Yesterday, Dr. Anthony E. Held and Peter Englander issued 21 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves, hand tools, and sprayers with vinyl/PVC tubing in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  These citizen enforcers allege that the companies’ products contain the phthalate chemicals DEHP and DINP and/or the heavy metal lead.  DEHP and lead are known to the State to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm, while DINP is known to cause Cancer.  The noticed companies include American Valve, Jarden Corporation, Michaels Stores, and Western Family.

See below for a partial list of Notices.

Product Chemical Alleged Violator Citizen Enforcer
Ball Bags with Vinyl/PVC Components; Field Hockey Gloves with Vinyl/PVC Components DEHP Harrow Sports, Inc. Anthony E. Held
Vinyl/PVC Coated Locks DEHP Accell North America, Inc. Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Tool Grips DEHP American Art Clay Co. Inc. Peter Englander
Valve Handles with Vinyl/PVC Grips DEHP American Valve, Inc. Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Dustpan Grips DEHP Carlisle Companies, Incorporated; Carlisle Sanitary Maintenance Products, Inc.; Carlisle Foodservice Products, Incorporated Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Tool Grips DEHP Conbraco Industries, Inc. Peter Englander
Ceramicware with Exterior Designs Lead Dylan’s Candybar, LLC Peter Englander
Sprayers with Vinyl/PVC Tubing DEHP The Fountainhead Group, Inc. Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Gloves DINP Jarden Corporation Anthony E. Held
Wine Boxes with Vinyl/PVC Handles  DEHP Lifetime Brands Inc. Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Gloves DINP The Michaels Companies, Inc.; Michaels Stores, Inc. Anthony E. Held
Sprayers with Vinyl/PVC Tubing DEHP Monsanto Company Peter Englander
Gloves with Vinyl/PVC Components  DEHP Tenacious Holdings, Inc. Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Tool Pouches  DEHP Waldom Electronics Corporation Peter Englander
Vinyl/PVC Gloves DINP Western Family Holding Company; Western Family Foods, Inc. Anthony E. Held

See our most recent 60-Day Notices