Moore v. Shanghai Lansheng Corporation

In the out-of-court Settlement Agreement executed on December 1, 2013, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling defendant Shanghai Lansheng Corporation (“SLC”) resolved Moore’s allegations that SLC sold vinyl/PVC rainwear 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, SLC agreed not to sell the rainwear in California after September 18, 2013, unless the rainwear contains no more than 1,000 parts per million (0.1%) of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $34,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.