Moore v. WBC Group, LLC

The parties involved in the case Moore v. WBC Group, LLC executed a Consent Judgment on January 4, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer John Moore alleged that WBC Group, LLC (“WBC”) sold vinyl/PVC exercise balls 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 agreement, WBC agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC exercise balls in California after January 1, 2016, unless the exercise balls contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Moore has agreed to waive a portion of the civil penalty should WBC provide Moore with certification that all vinyl/PVC exercise balls sold in California qualify as reformulated by September 16, 2016.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $47,000, 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.