Held v. Enor Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et al.

On November 20, 2008, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Enor Corporation, et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant Enor Corporation ("Enor") sold toys or other children's products 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, Enor agreed not to sell any sporting toys/children's items in California after June 4, 2008, unless the sporting toys/children's items contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $31,000, to be divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Held and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.