Moore, et al. v. D.W.L. International Trading, Inc. et al.

The parties involved in the case Moore, et al. v. D.W.L. International Trading, Inc., et al. executed a Consent Judgment on November 23, 2015.  In this matter, citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. alleged that D.W.L. International Trading, Inc. and Okabashi Brands, Inc. (“Defendants”) sold vinyl/PVC gloves and vinyl/PVC footwear containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  

As part of the agreement, Okabashi agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC footwear in California after the Marin County Superior Court approves the Judgment, and D.W.L. agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC gloves after December 31, 2015, unless the products contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DINP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.  All existing inventory shall be sold with Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $38,000, 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.