Vinocur Negotiates Settlement with Kikkerland Re: DEHP in Earbud Cords

Laurence Vinocur and Kikkerland Design have reached a settlement in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California that contain the phthalate chemical DEHP to provide consumers with a warning of the risks of exposure.  Vinocur alleges that Kikkerland sold earbud cords without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Kikkerland has agreed to sell only earbud cords that have been reformulated to be free of not only DEHP, but additional phthalate chemicals DBP, BBP, and DINP.

For more details and to read the settlement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Vinocur v. Kikkerland Design, 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