Prop 65 / Environment
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...
June 12, 2014
Thanks to TCG client Peter Englander, Costco has agreed to only sell furniture from supplier Whalen Furniture Manufacturing, that virtually eliminates two toxic chemicals, tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”). TDCPP is a flame retardant chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer...
Costco Wholesale Corporation, DEHP, Flame retardants, Furniture, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, TDCPP
June 10, 2014
Congress is making yet another attempt at reforming the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), this time with the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). CICA promises to improve public confidence in the safety of chemicals and facilitate interstate commerce. It is supported by industry organizations and companies such as the American Chemistry Council, Procter...
June 5, 2014
Anthony Held, Paul Wozniak, and Whitney Leeman--clients of The Chanler Group--served seventeen new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday. The notices were served to companies offering products such as sunscreen, walkers, jewelry, and accessories for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required...
60 Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, California Proposition 65, Leeman, Moore, Prop 65 California, Proposition 65, The Chanler Group
May 29, 2014
A new study conducted by HealthyStuff.org found that many university themed products sold at top retailers contained one or more hazardous chemicals, including arsenic, lead, bromine, chlorine, mercury, phthalates, and cadmium. The researchers found that university licensed products routinely exceed the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission’s standards for these...
May 27, 2014
Classic Concepts has issued a recall of Aman trunks, sold exclusively at Cost Plus World Market, because the surface coating paint on the interior metal chains contain lead in excess of the federal lead paint standard.
The wooden storage trunk measures 38 inches wide by 18 inches high by 18 inches deep and stands on four carved wooden feet, with metal handles on the sides for...
May 21, 2014
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world’s largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential contamination stemming primarily from the unauthorized manufacture and disposal of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) at its manufacturing...
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