Vinocur Settles With KidCo Over Travel Beds for Children Containing Flame Retardant Chemicals

Laurence Vinocur has negotiated a settlement with KidCo, Inc. in regards to children’s travel beds with fabric containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloropropyl) phosphate (TDCPP).  TDCPP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale that contain TDCPP must provide consumers with a “clear and reasonable” warning.  Vinocur alleged that KidCo violated Proposition 65 by selling these travel beds without the requisite health hazard warnings.

In addition to paying $5,500 in civil penalties, KidCo agreed to not sell any children’s travel beds in California unless they had been reformulated to be virtually free of TDCPP and tris(2,3-dibromylpropyl) phosphate (TDBPP).  Their current inventory will be sold with Proposition 65 warnings.

For more information, please see the case summary on our website: Vinocur v. KidCo, 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.