Prop 65 / Environment
March 13, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held, John Moore, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 16 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today to companies offering products such as headphones, glass beverage dispensers, and cosmetic cases in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These...
60 Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
March 6, 2015
Our client Paul Wozniak has reached a settlement agreement with Johnson Outdoors Gear, Inc. in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Wozniak alleged that Johnson Outdoors Gear sold hand tools that contained the heavy metal lead without providing consumers with the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is a chemical known to the State of California to...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Hand Tools, Johnson Outdoors Gear, Lead, Paul Wozniak, Proposition 65, settlements
March 2, 2015
Our client Dr. Anthony Held has reached a settlement agreement with Daiso California LLC, resolving allegations that Daiso violated Proposition 65 by selling dried seaweed containing the chemical element arsenic as well as earphones and headphones containing the phthalate chemical DEHP, without the requisite health hazard warning. Arsenic is known to the State of...
Anthony E. Held, Arsenic, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Daiso California, LLC, DEHP, Dried Seaweed, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, settlements
February 27, 2015
Our clients Russell Brimer, Dr. Anthony Held, Dr. Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur served 18 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today to companies offering products such as hand tools, books, and ponchos in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These citizen...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning
February 9, 2015
Our client Anthony Held has filed a complaint against CWC Inventories, Inc. alleging that CWC Inventories imports, manufactures, distribute, ship, sell, and/or offer for sale in California walking sticks with vinyl/PVC grips that contain the heavy metal lead and the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead and DEHP are known to the State...
Anthony E. Held, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Complaints, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65
February 23, 2015
Our client John Moore has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court alleging that Artland, Inc. and Nordstrom, Inc. violated Proposition 65 by offering for sale drinking glasses with exterior designs that contain the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other...
Artland, Inc., Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, John Moore, Lead, Nordstrom, Inc., Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
February 16, 2015
Office Depot has certified to our client Laurence Vinocur that per Section 4.1.4 of the Consent Judgment, Office Depot is offering for sale only foam padded gaming chairs that have been reformulated to be virtually free of the flame retardants TDCPP, TCEP, and TDBPP. As per the settlement agreement, Vinocur will waive a significant portion of the civil penalties that...
February 11, 2015
Our client Laurence Vinocur has filed a complaint against Yamaha Corporation alleging that the company failed to warn California consumers about the presence of the phthalate chemical DEHP in or on Yamaha’s benches with vinyl/PVC seats, headphones with vinyl/PVC components, bags with vinyl/PVC shoulder strap pads, and vinyl/PVC musical instrument cases. DEHP is a...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Complaints, DEHP, Laurence Vinocur, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, Yamaha Corporation of America
February 6, 2015
Z Gallerie has certified to our clients Dr. Anthony Held and Peter Englander that its upholstered chairs with foam padding have been reformulated to be free of not only TDCPP, but TDBPP and TCEP as well. These flame retardant chemicals are known to the State of California to cause cancer.
As per the settlement agreement, Held and Englander will waive a significant...
February 4, 2015
Our client Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with Tailor Made Products, a manufacturer of nylon cooking utensils. Wozniak alleged that Tailor Made offered nylon cooking utensils for sale in California that contained 4,4-Methylenedianiline (4,4’-MDA), a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, without the requisite health hazard warnings....
Citizen Enforcer, Nylon Cooking Utensils, Paul Wozniak, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, settlements, Tailor Made Products, Inc
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