Prop 65 / Environment
July 17, 2014
Abad Foam, Inc.’s efforts to have the case against it transferred to Southern California were rejected by the Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr. of the Alameda County Superior Court last month, when Judge Hernandez denied Abad’s Motion for Change of Venue on the grounds that Abad did not meet its burden of proof on the motion in failing to overcome the presumption that...
Abad Foam, Inc., Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Furniture, Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, TCEP, TDCPP
July 14, 2014
TCG clients Dr. Anthony Held and Laurence Vinocur served 27 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last Friday to companies offering products such as hand tools, bags, and upholstered furniture for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These citizen enforcers allege that...
Benzophenone, Birth Defects, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Other Reproductive Harm, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, TDCPP
July 10, 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing safer alternatives to the flame retardants hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE), currently used in building insulation and products with flexible polyurethane foam.
Both HBCD and pentaBDE are already banned in some states due to concerns for human health and the environment. EPA...
July 7, 2014
Illinois has become the first state to ban microbeads in consumer products, reported the Chicago Tribune last month. On June 8, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation to ban the manufacture and sale of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads. This was due to the tireless efforts of environmental organizations such as the Alliance for the...
July 3, 2014
Four California companies have been ordered to stop import, sale, and distribution of children’s products alleged to have hazardous levels of lead and phthalates, in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), Consumer Affairs reported last week.
The companies are: Toys Distribution, Inc. of Los Angeles; S&J...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65
July 1, 2014
Proposed California bill SB-1019 would, if passed, require manufacturers to label whether or not their furniture products contain flame retardant chemicals.
California Technical Bulletin TB-117 (now revised to TB-117-2013) requires upholstered furniture to pass a flammability test for fire safety purposes. If the furniture complies, then it is affixed with a label...
California Legislature, Cancer, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, SB-1019, TB-117, Technical bulletin 117
June 27, 2014
Thanks to the efforts of TCG client Dr. Anthony Held, North American Food Distributing Company (NAFDC) entered a binding agreement to cease the sale and distribution of dried seaweed products in California unless, and until they are virtually free of the toxic heavy metal arsenic. Held alleged that NAFDC had violated Proposition 65 by selling dried seaweed products in...
June 23, 2014
Last Friday, Russell Brimer, Anthony Held, and Laurence Vinocur served 20 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation. The notices were served to companies offering products such as sunscreen, headphones, and glass mugs for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Our citizen...
60 Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, TDCPP
June 16, 2014
Preschools and day care centers are full of toxic flame retardant chemicals, the San Francisco Chronicle reported earlier this month. Brominated flame retardants and tris phosphate compounds have been linked to hormone disruption and lowered IQs, and are chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Flame retardant chemicals have become widespread in our...
June 13, 2014
Thanks to TCG client Anthony Held, The ERGO Baby Carrier, Inc. (ErgoBaby) has agreed to reformulate all of its upholstered bassinets to virtually eliminate a toxic flame retardant. ErgoBaby and affiliated company Orbit Baby agreed earlier this month to remove the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) from the bassinets. Held alleged that...
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