Prop 65 / Environment
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
March 26, 2014
TCG clients Russell Brimer, Dr. Anthony Held, Dr. Whitney Leeman, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served over 30 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today, to companies offering products such as hand tools, sunscreen, and bags for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning....
60 Day Notice, Arsenic, Benzophenone, Birth Defects, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
March 14, 2014
On Jan. 10, 2014, the Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr. denied Bexco’s Motion to Strike portions of TCG client Peter Englander’s complaint, leaving intact Englander’s allegations in the complaint that all upholstered furniture products with foam padding containing the Proposition 65-listed chemical flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“...
Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Peter Englander, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
March 12, 2014
California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2014-2015 budget will allocate $765,000 to the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). The money will allow OEHHA to revise the Proposition 65 warning regulations and develop a new website.
Proposition 65, or The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement...
Jerry Brown, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
March 20, 2014
Chemtura, a leading manufacturer of flame retardants and other chemicals, filed suit earlier this year regarding the recent revision to the decades-old Technical Bulletin 117 (TB-117), reported the San Francisco Chronicle. TB-117-2013 revises TB-117 in such a way that furniture manufacturers may no longer have to douse their products in carcinogenic flame retardant...
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