Held v. 4 What It's Worth, Inc.

On September 21, 2012, the Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. 4 What It's Worth, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant, 4 What It's Worth, Inc. ("4 What It's Worth"), sold belts containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, 4 What It's Worth agreed not to sell in California any belts after May 1, 2012, unless such belts contain less than 1,000 parts per million ("ppm") of DEHP in each accessible component when analyzed pursuant to state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $13,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to Held and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.