Leeman Negotiates Settlement with Gekkeikan Sake Re: Lead in Sake Glasses

Dr. Whitney Leeman has reached a settlement with Gekkeikan regarding the sale of sake glasses and glass decanters with exterior decorations that allegedly contained the heavy metal lead, without the requisite Proposition 65 warning.  Proposition 65 prohibits companies from offering products for sale that contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm, such as lead, without providing consumers with a health hazard warning.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Gekkeikan has agreed not to sell any sake glasses or glass decanters with exterior decorations unless they are virtually free of lead.

For more information, see the case summary on our website: Leeman v. Gekkeikan Sake (U.S.A.), Inc.

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.