Leeman Settles With Stillwater Re: DEHP in Keychains

Posted: 04/22/2015  browse the blog archive
Leeman Settles With Stillwater Re: DEHP in Keychains

Dr. Whitney Leeman has negotiated a settlement with Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc. concerning alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm to provide consumers with a health hazard warning.  Leeman alleged that Stillwater sold keychains containing the phthalate chemical DEHP, which is known to the State to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, without warning consumers of the risks of exposure.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Stillwater has agreed to sell only keychains that have been reformulated to be virtually free of DEHP.  Should Stillwater accelerate the reformulation to take place by September 1, Leeman has agreed to waive a portion of the civil penalty.

Please read more details about the case on our case summary page: Leeman v. Stillwater Designs and Audio, 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.