Moore v. Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated

On July 13, 2017, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated (“Half Price Books”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Moore had alleged that Half Price Books sold vinyl/PVC disc organizer zipper pulls 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, Half Price Books agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC disc organizer zipper pulls in California after July 17, 2017, unless the products contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $18,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.