Held Files Complaint Against Kimberly-Clark Re: DINP in Gloves

Dr. Anthony Held has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against Kimberly-Clark Corporation alleging violations of California’s Proposition 65.  Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or reproductive harm to provide consumers with a warning of the risks of exposure.  Held alleges that Kimberly-Clark sold vinyl/PVC gloves that contained diisononyl phthalate (DINP), known to the State to cause cancer, without the requisite health hazard warning.

Kimberly-Clark is a publically traded personal care company whose brand name products include Kleenex, Kotex, and Huggies.  Its revenue is in the billions of dollars each year.

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.