In eight cities across the country, The Chanler Group, on behalf of the citizen enforcers and other whistleblowers it represents, seeks to uncover toxic chemical exposures and government fraud in our everyday lives, to hold those entities responsible for such violations of state and federal law accountable to the public, and to effectuate change for a cleaner environment.
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Excerpted from the full article at the Environmental Leader:
Law firm the Chanler Group has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints in the Superior Court of California against spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavoring manufacturer Farmer Bros., and Adams Extract & Spice, LLC. The complaints charge the three defendants with distributing food extracts, flavors and colorings containing unacceptable levels of the carcinogenic chemical 4-Methylimidazole, or... full text
Excerpted from the full article at FoodBev.com:
The Chanler Group, a US environmental law firm, has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints against three prominent US food suppliers.
Spice and flavouring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavouring manufacturer Farmer Bros and Adams Extract & Spice.
The complaints charge the three defendants with distributing food extracts, flavours and colourings containing unacceptable levels of the carcinogenic chemical 4-MEI, or 4-... full text
Excerpted from the full article at foodproductdesign.com:
McCormick & Company, Inc., Farmer Bros. Co. and Adams Extract & Spice LLC all have been sued by a Connecticut-based law firm for violating California's Proposition 65. The lawsuits claim the companies failed to provide a warning that they are distributing food extracts, flavors and colorings containing certain levels of a carcinogen in violation of Prop 65, more formally known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement... full text
Excerpted from the full article at the San Francisco Daily Journal:
Two lawyers are poised to unleash a flood of lawsuits against a slew of major companies alleging that they are failing to warn the public about the dangers of flame retardants in their products.
The controversy centers on the cancer-causing chemical chlorinated tris, which regulators recently listed under the state’s unique toxics warning law Proposition 65. The 1986 voter initiative requires companies to alert the public... full text
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/29/4449484/state-ordered-warnings-generate...
Ira Reiner vaguely remembers the ballot measure he helped champion 25 years ago, back when he was a politician on the rise and groundwater contamination was the crisis of the day.
Proposition 65? Isn’t that the one responsible for all those signs that warn anyone who dares enter various premises to beware? the former Los Angeles district attorney asked.
That’s the one.
It has done more... full text
Excerpted from the full length article in the Daily Californian:
Recently, five companies, including Anchor Blue, Zappos.com and Smart & Final, have been sued in Alameda County Superior Court by such citizens, who claim the businesses violated California law by failing to warn consumers about carcinogenic or birth-complicating substances in their products.
Anthony Held, a California citizen and engineer, filed a claim against Zappos on Feb. 8 because a pair of sandals the website sells... full text
Excerpted from the full article in Prop. 65 News:
On June 4, 2010, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall by McDonald's Corp for 13.4 million "Shrek Forever After 3D" Collectable Drinking Glasses due to a potential cadmium risk. The glasses were sold in the company's restaurants promotionally from May-June 2010 for about $2 each. Cadmium was detected by a third party laboratory accredited by the CPSC. The chemical was found in the painted surface... full text
Excerpted from the full length article in Prop. 65 Clearing House:
The chemical DEHP has sparked a new bit of friction between Attorney General Jerry Brown and a private Proposition 65 plaintiff who has been targeting companies allegedly exposing children to the substance.
As outlined in a series of documents filed in Alameda Superior Court, Brown’s office has launched its own DEHP litigation, People v. Gerber Childrenswear Inc., against manufacturers of baby bibs that allegedly contain... full text
Excerpted from the full article at Prop. 65 Clearinghouse:
Tony Held continues to file and settle cases concerning DEHP in children’s products despite the Attorney General’s questioning of the relevance of some of the settlements. Held has sent a total of 114 60-day notices since June of last year. The most recent notices were filed in August. Held has settled with 17 companies—including the two recent settlements, Held v. Enor Corp. and Held v Regent Baby Products Corp.... full text
Excerpted from the full length article in Prop. 65 Clearinghouse:
An effort by Attorney General Jerry Brown to raise questions about a series of Proposition 65 settlements involving a chemical that has also been separately regulated by a new law have met with only limited success.
Alameda Superior Court Judge Robert Freedman approved, with some modifications, a pair of settlements in cases brought by plaintiff Anthony Held targeting products containing the chemical DEHP. Held, represented by... full text
