posted on July 31, 2014
TCG clients Dr. Whitney Leeman, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 25 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday to companies offering products such as cooking utensils, tents, and electrical tape for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These citizen enforcers allege that the companies' products contain the phthalate DEHP, the heavy metal lead, the flame... full text
posted on July 25, 2014
TCG client Russell Brimer has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court alleging that Rite Aid Corporation is offering water sprayers with metal nozzles containing lead for sale without a Proposition 65 warning.
Lead is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm, and companies selling products in California that contain lead must provide a health hazard warning.
The case is pending in Alameda County Superior Court.
The Chanler Group represents... full text
posted on July 23, 2014
TCG client Laurence Vinocur has received certification from Staples that the company has removed all remaining seat and back cushions containing tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TDCPP) and/or tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (TCEP) from its inventory and , as of July 11, 2014, distributes and sells only seat and back cushions that are virtually free of TDCPP and TCEP.
TDCPP and TCEP are chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale that... full text
posted on July 17, 2014
Abad Foam, Inc.’s efforts to have the case against it transferred to Southern California were rejected by the Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr. of the Alameda County Superior Court last month, when Judge Hernandez denied Abad’s Motion for Change of Venue on the grounds that Abad did not meet its burden of proof on the motion in failing to overcome the presumption that venue is proper in Alameda County.
Abad had argued that its principal place of business is Orange County, and that... full text
posted on July 14, 2014
TCG clients Dr. Anthony Held and Laurence Vinocur served 27 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last Friday to companies offering products such as hand tools, bags, and upholstered furniture for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These citizen enforcers allege that the companies' products contain the phthalate DEHP, the heavy metal lead, the flame retardant TDCPP, and the chemical... full text
posted on July 10, 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing safer alternatives to the flame retardants hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE), currently used in building insulation and products with flexible polyurethane foam.
Both HBCD and pentaBDE are already banned in some states due to concerns for human health and the environment. EPA suggests replacing them with brominated copolymer and oligomeric phosphonate polyol. For the full reports, please... full text
posted on July 7, 2014
Illinois has become the first state to ban microbeads in consumer products, reported the Chicago Tribune last month. On June 8, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation to ban the manufacture and sale of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads. This was due to the tireless efforts of environmental organizations such as the Alliance for the Great Lakes, who earlier this year received a grant from The Chanler Group in order to raise public awareness regarding... full text
posted on July 3, 2014
Four California companies have been ordered to stop import, sale, and distribution of children’s products alleged to have hazardous levels of lead and phthalates, in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), Consumer Affairs reported last week.
The companies are: Toys Distribution, Inc. of Los Angeles; S&J Merchandise of El Monte; BLJ Apparel Inc. of El Monte; and All Season Sales Inc. of Montebello, as well as their owners.... full text
posted on July 1, 2014
Proposed California bill SB-1019 would, if passed, require manufacturers to label whether or not their furniture products contain flame retardant chemicals.
California Technical Bulletin TB-117 (now revised to TB-117-2013) requires upholstered furniture to pass a flammability test for fire safety purposes. If the furniture complies, then it is affixed with a label asserting that the product is in compliance with TB-117. SB-1019 would require furniture manufacturers to add something... full text
posted on June 27, 2014
Thanks to the efforts of TCG client Dr. Anthony Held, North American Food Distributing Company (NAFDC) entered a binding agreement to cease the sale and distribution of dried seaweed products in California unless, and until they are virtually free of the toxic heavy metal arsenic. Held alleged that NAFDC had violated Proposition 65 by selling dried seaweed products in California that contained arsenic, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, without the requisite... full text
