Prop 65 / Environment
October 29, 2014
Our client Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Newegg Inc., Magnell Associate, Inc., and Rosewill Inc. alleging a Proposition 65 violation. The companies allegedly sold headsets with vinyl/PVC cords containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), in California, without a health hazard warning. DEHP is a chemical...
Birth Defects, Complaints, DEHP, Other Reproductive Harm, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, Whitney R. Leeman
October 27, 2014
Clients Dr. Anthony Held, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 19 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation on Friday to companies offering products such as glass bottles, sunscreen, and camping tents in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These citizen...
Birth Defects, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
October 22, 2014
TCG Client Whitney Leeman, Ph.D, has reached a settlement agreement with LorAnn Oils, Inc. in regards to food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing concentrations of 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI) allegedly sold in California without the requisite health hazard warnings. 4-MEI is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies selling products...
October 20, 2014
Client Russell Brimer has filed a complaint against Taylor Precision Products alleging that Taylor violated Proposition 65 by selling glass cocktail shakers containing 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 in California that...
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...
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