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 |