TCG’s Clients Serve 10 Prop 65 Sixty-Day Notices Re: Chemicals in Furniture

Posted: 02/08/2013  browse the blog archive

Peter Englander and Laurence Vinocur—clients of The Chanler Group—served a combined total of ten new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) or the phthalate Di(2‑ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning.  TDCPP is a chemical known to cause cancer, and DEHP is a chemical known to cause reproductive harm.  Companies receiving notice include KidKraft, Elite, United Stationers, and others.  The products include padded upholstered furniture such as barstools, ottomans, and chairs, and vinyl chairs. A partial list of the notices appears below.

 

Product Chemical Alleged Violator Citizen Enforcer
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Stools TDCPP Elite Mfg. Corp. Englander
Padded Upholstered Children's Furniture including Ottomans TDCPP KidKraft, LP; Buy Buy Baby, Inc. Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Chairs TDCPP Riverside Furniture Corporation Englander
Padded Upholstered Furniture including Office Chairs TDCPP United Stationers Inc.; United Stationers Supply Inc. Vinocur

 

Read the most recent notices issued by clients of The Chanler Group

60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Flame retardants, Furniture, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate ("TDCPP")