Held v. Inteplast Group Corporation

The parties involved in the case Held v. Inteplast Group Corporation executed a Consent Judgment on March 7, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P. E. alleged that Inteplast Group Corporation (“Inteplast”) sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  

As part of the agreement, Inteplast agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC gloves in California after the Alameda County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the gloves contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DINP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Held has agreed to waive a portion of the civil penalty should Inteplast provide Held with certification that all vinyl/PVC gloves sold in California qualify as reformulated by October 15, 2016.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $35,000, 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.