Prop 65 / Environment
May 16, 2014
Discount School Supply has issued a recall of its Excellerations™ magnetic color sorting boards. The magnet in the wand can detach and the plywood backing can crack to release small metal balls. Swallowing a magnet and/or a metal ball poses a serious choking and internal injury risk. The surface paint on the metal balls also contains levels of lead in...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65
May 15, 2014
California Assemblyman Brian Jones (R-Santee) has introduced AB-2361, which proposes a 14-day cure period for small businesses that have been served with a 60-Day Notice of Violation of Proposition 65. If the business has fewer than 25 employees, they can avoid a lawsuit so long as they cure the alleged violation (such as putting up a warning sign, or removing the...
May 7, 2014
Peter Englander and Dr. Anthony Held, two clients of The Chanler Group, negotiated an agreement with Z Gallerie last month to ensure that Z Gallerie’s chairs are free of the carcinogenic flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and reproductive toxicant di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”). The chairs were sold throughout California....
Cancer, Flame retardants, Furniture, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Reformulation Incentive, TDCPP, Z Gallerie
May 1, 2014
TCG clients Russell Brimer, Dr. Whitney Leeman, Dr. Anthony Held, and Laurence Vinocur served 23 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday, to companies offering products such as hand tools, bags, and photo frames for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These...
Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning
April 29, 2014
The Chanler Group was fortunate enough to be able to interview Kirby Walker, a director/producer of the documentary film Toxic Hot Seat. This documentary reveals the truth about toxic flame retardants in our furniture, how they arrived there, and why they remain despite advocacy and legislative efforts. Kirby Walker is an environmentalist, activist, and award-...
April 23, 2014
More than 70 furniture manufacturers have certified to The Chanler Group that their products sold in California have been reformulated to remove detectable amounts of the carcinogenic flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP). These certifications encompass a wide range of home and office furniture, including...
Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning
April 17, 2014
TCG clients Russell Brimer, Dr. Whitney Leeman, Dr. Anthony Held, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served over 30 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday, to companies offering products such as sunscreen, hardware, and children's purses for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without...
60 Day Notice, Arsenic, Benzophenone, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65
April 30, 2014
Anthony Held, Ph.D, P.E., a client of The Chanler Group, has filed a lawsuit against JFC International, Inc. (JFC) for violations of Proposition 65: namely, failing to inform California consumers that their dried seaweed contains arsenic, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.
JFC is a major wholesaler and distributor of Asian food products and is a...
April 16, 2014
Lowe’s Home Centers, one of the nation’s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a corporate-wide compliance program at more than 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure its contractors minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule, the Department of Justice and the U.S....
April 8, 2014
Dr. Anthony Held, a client of The Chanler Group, negotiated an agreement with Four Seasons General Merchandise in February to ensure that its bowls are free of the toxic metal lead.
Held alleged that Four Seasons violated Proposition 65 by selling bowls that contain lead in California without providing a health hazard warning. Under Proposition 65, companies...
Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Four Seasons General Merchandise, Inc., Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
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