As You Sow v. Snap Products, Inc., et al.

On November 6, 1995, the parties involved in the case As You Sow v. Snap Products, Inc., et al. executed a Consent Judgment, which resolved private enforcer As You Sow's allegations that the defendant Snap Products sold certain paints and solvent products containing toluene, methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, and/or trichloroethylene in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  The San Francisco County Superior Court later approved the Consent Judgment.

As part of the settlement, Snap Products agreed that at the very latest date of February 1, 1996, it would not ship (or cause to be shipped) for sale or use in the State of California any covered products unless such products were accompanied by the appropriate Proposition 65 health hazard warning in compliance with Section 1 of the Agreement.

The Settlement Agreement required settlement payments of $28,000, 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. An additional restitution payment of $5,000 was made to Bike Aid, a San Francisco based non-profit group dedicated to raising environmental awareness and reducing toxic exposure.