Prop 65 / Environment
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...
March 4, 2014
The Chanler Group has awarded $25,000 to Center for Creative Land Recycling, Alliance for the Great Lakes and Sea Research Foundation. These organizations will use the funds to clean up the environment, educate consumers and build research and development facilities as further described below.
“We all have the same goal: a cleaner environment,” said Josh...
March 6, 2014
Laurence Vinocur, a client of The Chanler Group, negotiated an agreement with Joovy Holding Co. to ensure that Joovy’s high chairs are free of the carcinogenic flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP). The high chairs were sold throughout California from retailers such as Babies “R” Us and BuyBuy Baby.
Vinocur alleged that Joovy...
Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, High Chairs, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
February 27, 2014
TCG clients Russell Brimer, Dr. Anthony Held, and Dr. Whitney Leeman served ten new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday, to companies offering products such as hand tools, sunscreen, and bags for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These citizen enforcers allege that the...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
February 26, 2014
Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, obtained an agreement earlier this month to ensure that greeting cards sold by American Greetings will be free of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), a toxic phthalate chemical known to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm. Leeman alleged that American Greetings violated Proposition 65 by selling cards made with...
American Greetings Corporation, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Whitney R. Leeman
February 25, 2014
A study published this month in The Lancet Neurology and reported by Forbes identified eleven chemicals strongly related to brain development disorders in children such as reduced attention span, delayed development, and learning disabilities. Despite the fact that some of these chemicals are banned, they are present in our everyday lives and may contribute to a rise in...
February 11, 2014
A new study published in Health Affairs suggests that replacing Bisphenol A (BPA) with a safer alternative, especially in food and drink containers, could save the U.S. economy over a billion dollars a year in healthcare costs and lost labor. BPA, which is found in hard plastic water bottles, the linings of food cans, and grocery store receipts, is associated with...
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