Prop 65 / Environment
October 10, 2014
Our client Anthony Held, Ph.D, P.E., has filed a complaint against 11 defendants alleging the sale of sunscreen containing the chemical benzophenone without the requisite Proposition 65 warning. Benzophenone is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale in California that contain benzophenone must provide...
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Complaints, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, sunscreen
October 6, 2014
Client Anthony Held, Ph.D, P.E., has filed a complaint against Avery Dennison Corporation alleging that the company has been selling journals in California that contain lead, without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm, and companies offering products for sale that contain such...
Anthony E. Held, Avery Dennison Corporation, Birth Defects, Cancer, Complaints, Lead, Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65
October 1, 2014
Clients Dr. Anthony Held, Dr. Whitney Leeman, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 19 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday to companies offering products such as hearing protection, dried seaweed, and tents for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard...
4,4’-MDA, 60 Day Notice, Arsenic, Birth Defects, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Pthalates, TCEP, TDCPP
September 24, 2014
Client Laurence Vinocur has filed a complaint against A.D. Sutton and Sons, Inc. alleging that the company violated Proposition 65 by selling backpacks with vinyl/PVC components to California customers without the requisite health hazard warning for exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP). DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other...
A.D. Sutton & Sons, Inc., Birth Defects, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Laurence Vinocur, Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning
September 26, 2014
TCG client Dr. Whitney Leeman has negotiated a settlement with Great Lakes Dart Mfg., Inc. regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Dr. Leeman alleged that Great Lakes sold vinyl/PVC game cases containing di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) without the requite health hazard warning. DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and...
Birth Defects, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Great Lakes Dart Mfg., Inc., Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Whitney R. Leeman
September 12, 2014
Managing attorney Josh Voorhees will be speaking Monday at Proposition 65 Clearinghouse's annual Prop. 65 Conference, which is being held this year at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco. Environmentalists, researchers, representatives from California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and lawyers will meet to discuss Proposition...
September 5, 2014
FGX International has issued a recall of its children’s sunglasses because its surface paint contains lead in excess of federal law.
The sunglasses come in 20 styles of Disney, Marvel, and Sears/Kmart brand, in a variety of colors and with printed images of characters on the frames. They were sold at Bon Ton, CVS, K-Mart, Rite Aid, Walgreens, and other retail...
September 3, 2014
Dr. Anthony Held last week filed a complaint in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleging that Building Materials Holdings Corp. is offering for sale in California tape measures with vinyl/PVC straps and grips containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) without the requisite health hazard warnings. DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth...
August 29, 2014
Clients Dr. Anthony Held, Dr. Whitney Leeman, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 28 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday to companies offering products such as sunscreen, headsets, and gloves for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These...
August 14, 2014
The Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr. of the Alameda County Superior Court approved and entered the judgment in Vinocur v. Kids II, Inc. on July 31 regarding the alleged presence of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TDCPP) in nursing pillows and activity gyms manufactured, imported, sold, and/or distributed for sale in California by Kids II. TDCPP is a flame retardant...
Cancer, Children's Furniture, Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Kids II, Inc., Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
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