Held v. Interline Brands, Inc.

Posted: 02/26/2015  browse the case archive

On February 26, 2015, the parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblower Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E., made against settling party Interline Brands, Inc. (“Interline”).  In this matter, Held alleged that Interline sold certain products containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) and the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Interline agreed not to sell any of these products in California after April 1, 2015, unless the products contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP and less than 100 ppm of lead in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $38,700, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Held and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.  

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