Moore Negotiates Settlement with Dezine News
John Moore has successfully reached a settlement with Dezine News regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Moore alleged that Dezine violated Proposition 65 when they sold vinyl/PVC belts that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.
DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm. Under Proposition 65 law, companies offering products for sale that contain DEHP must provide consumers with a “clear and reasonable” warning of the risk of exposure. Moore alleged that Dezine failed to provide these warnings with their belts.
In addition to paying civil penalties, Dezine has agreed to sell only belts that have been reformulated to be free of not only DEHP, but additional phthalate chemicals DBP, BBP, DIDP, DnHP, and DINP.
For more details and to read the settlement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Moore v. Dezine News, 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