Prop 65 / Environment
November 2, 2015
Pottery Barn Kids has issued a recall of Avengers and Darth Vader themed stainless steel water bottles due to excessive lead levels in the gray paint on the exterior of the bottles, which violate the federal lead paint standard.
One water bottle features images of Thor, the Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man on the bottle; the other features images of Darth Vader and the Death Star...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Proposition 65, Recalls
October 30, 2015
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 13 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves, archery bows, and exercise armbands in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Leeman alleges that the companies’ products contain the...
60-Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Whitney R. Leeman
October 21, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held has successfully negotiated a settlement with Neiman Marcus in regards to “wired” earmuffs with vinyl/PVC cords that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP. Held alleged that Neiman Marcus offered these ear muffs for sale without the Proposition 65 warning that was required because the cords contained DEHP, a chemical known to the State of...
Anthony E. Held, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements
October 14, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held has successfully negotiated a settlement with Adenna, Inc. to resolve allegations that Adenna violated Proposition 65 by selling vinyl/PVC gloves that contained the phthalate chemical DINP without the requisite health hazard warning.
DINP is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale that contain DINP must, under...
Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, DINP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, settlements
October 28, 2015
Mark Moorberg has entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement with W.J. Deutsch & Sons in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Moorberg alleged that WJD sold carrying cases that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warnings.
DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Mark Moorberg, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements
October 23, 2015
John Moore has issued 12 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves, headphones, and vinyl/PVC tubing in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Moore alleges that the companies’ products contain the phthalate...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, John Moore, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
October 9, 2015
Mark Moorberg has filed a complaint against Stanley Black & Decker alleging that the company sold vinyl/PVC tool pouches in California that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm. Proposition 65 requires companies...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Complaints, DEHP, Mark Moorberg, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
September 25, 2015
Yesterday, Dr. Anthony E. Held and Peter Englander issued 21 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves, hand tools, and sprayers with vinyl/PVC tubing in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. These citizen enforcers...
60-Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65
October 7, 2015
John Moore has successfully reached a settlement with Dezine News regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Moore alleged that Dezine violated Proposition 65 when they sold vinyl/PVC belts that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.
DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive...
Belts, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Dezine News, Inc., John Moore, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, settlements
September 30, 2015
Russell Brimer has successfully negotiated a settlement with Standard Motor Products, resolving allegations that the SMP violated Proposition 65 by selling booster cable clamps that contained DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and companies offering...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Russell Brimer, Standard Motor Products
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