Prop 65 / Environment
September 1, 2015
John Moore has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court alleging violations of California’s Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm must provide consumers with a health hazard warning....
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Fry's Electronics, Inc., John Moore, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Shaghal Ltd.
August 28, 2015
Laurence Vinocur and Kikkerland Design have reached a settlement in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California that contain the phthalate chemical DEHP to provide consumers with a warning of the risks of exposure. Vinocur alleges that Kikkerland sold earbud cords without the requisite...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Kikkerland Design, Inc., Laurence Vinocur, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements
August 25, 2015
John Moore has successfully negotiated a settlement with Dorman Products in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Moore alleged that Dorman sold hardware accessories and hand tools that contained the heavy metal lead and the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.
Lead and DEHP are known to the State of California to cause cancer,...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, DEHP, Dorman Products, Inc., John Moore, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements
August 21, 2015
Last week, Dr. Whitney R. Leeman filed a complaint in San Francisco County Court against Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company and Barnes & Noble alleging violations of Proposition 65. Leeman alleges that the defendants sold books with covers that contained the heavy metal lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or...
Barnes & Noble, Inc., Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Complaints, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company, Lead, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
August 20, 2015
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 18 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as cords, electrical tape, and mugs with exterior decorations 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 allege that the...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Whitney R. Leeman
August 18, 2015
John Moore has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Techtronic Industries North America, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, and Ziemann’s Vision, alleging that the companies violated Proposition 65 by selling gloves and hand tools containing the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is known to the State...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Complaints, DEHP, John Moore, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
August 14, 2015
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has negotiated a successful settlement with It’s Academic of Illinois in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Leeman had alleged that It’s Academic violated Proposition 65 by selling book covers that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65.
DEHP is known to the State...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, It's Academic of Illinois, Inc., Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements, Whitney R. Leeman
August 12, 2015
Laurence Vinocur has negotiated a settlement with First Texas Products, LLC in regard to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Vinocur had alleged that First Texas sold headphones with vinyl/PVC components that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale in...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, First Texas Products, LLC, Laurence Vinocur, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements
August 11, 2015
Anthony E. Held and Whitney R. Leeman issued six new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 yesterday, to companies offering hand tools for sale 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 allege that the companies’ products contain the...
60 Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DINP, Hand Tools, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
July 31, 2015
Anthony E. Held and Mark Moorberg issued 15 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 today, to companies offering products such as gloves, sunscreen, and notebooks 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 allege that the companies’...
60 Day Notice, Benzophenone, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
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