As You Sow v. Amrep, Inc., et al.

A Consent Judgment in the As You Sow v. Amrep, Inc., et al. matter, heard in the San Francisco County Superior Court, was entered on December 27, 1995. The Consent Judgment resolved private enforcer As You Sow's allegations that the defendant Amrep, Inc. ("Amrep") sold solvents, cleaners, polishes, adhesive sprays, and degreasers containing formaldehyde, toluene, methylene chloride, and perchloroethylene (hereinafter "products") in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Amrep agreed not to knowingly sell products in California unless such products contain Health Hazard warning labels as prescribed in the Consent Judgment.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $23,900, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which were paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower As You Sow and their counsel for the successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest. Furthermore, the Consent Judgment required that Amrep pay $6,000 in restitution to As You Sow, which As You Sow forwarded to the Rainforest Action Network, a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to saving rainforests from destruction, and the As You Sow Investigation Fund, which supports research and investigation regarding the exposure of California citizens to chemicals listed pursuant to Proposition 65.