Wozniak Achieves Settlement With 99 Cents Stores Re: Lead on Glass Bottles

Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with 99 Cents Only Stores regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Wozniak had alleged that 99 Cents Only sold glass bottles with exterior designs containing the heavy metal lead without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm.

In addition to paying civil penalties, 99 Cents Only has agreed to cease selling glass bottles with exterior designs in California unless they have been reformulated to be virtually free of lead.

For more details, please see the case summary on our website: Wozniak v. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC

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.