Prop 65 / Environment

February 27, 2018
John Moore and Laurence Vinocur have issued over new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as decorated tableware, fidget spinners, and rain gauges in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Moore and Vinocur allege that the...
February 14, 2018
TCG client Peter Englander has filed a lawsuit in Marin County Superior Court against The Home Depot, Inc., alleging that Home Depot manufactured, distributed, and sold vinyl/PVC toilet seats to consumers in California without warning them that the toilet seats exposed them to the phthalate chemical DEHP. DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and...
January 17, 2018
Russell Brimer and Laurence Vinocur have issued over new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as tape, hearing protection, and safety glasses in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Brimer and Vinocur allege that the companies...
October 27, 2017
Dr. Anthony E. Held has issued over a dozen new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as headphones, measuring cups, and storage containers in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Held alleges that the companies’ products...
December 13, 2017
Dr. Anthony E. Held has issued almost 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as greenhouse covers, hand tools, and gloves in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Held alleges that the companies’ products contain the...
December 20, 2017
The Chanler Group wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season!
October 18, 2017
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has given notice of its intent to list vinylidene chloride as a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65. It's also proposing to adopt a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for vinylidene chloride of .88 micrograms a day. Written comments concerning this proposed...
August 2, 2017
Peter Englander has issued 25 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as headphones, shot glasses, gloves, and shower hoses in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Englander alleges that the companies’ products contain...
September 12, 2017
John Moore has issued 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as headphones, gloves, and mugs 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 chemical DEHP and...
July 3, 2017
Laurence Vinocur and Paul Wozniak have issued between them over 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as audio cables, electrical tape, headphones, and ceramic jars in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Wozniak and...