Held Settles With Kinco Re: DEHP in Gloves

TCG client Anthony Held, Ph.D, P.E., has negotiated a settlement with Kinco, LLC dba Kinco International in regards to vinyl/PVC gloves containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) that were allegedly sold in California without the requisite health hazard warnings.  DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm, and under Proposition 65 law, companies offering products for sale containing DEHP must provide consumers with a “clear and reasonable” warning.

As part of the settlement agreement, Kinco will pay $10,000 in civil penalties, 75 percent of which go to the State of California for public health and the environment.  Kinco has also agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC gloves in California unless the gloves have been reformulated to be virtually free of DEHP.  Should Kinco provide certification to The Chanler Group by November 15, 2014 that all their vinyl/PVC gloves sold in California qualify as reformulated, Held has agreed to waive a portion of the civil fine.

For more details, please see the settlement and case summary on our website: Held v. Kinco, LLC.

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.