Prop 65 / Environment

May 1, 2017
Laurence Vinocur and Dr. Whitney R. Leeman have issued dozens of new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as dried teas, drinking glasses, and camping lanterns in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Vinocur and Leeman allege...
May 31, 2017
Peter Englander has issued 15 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves, luggage tags, and hand tools in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Englander alleges that the companies’ products contain the phthalate...
February 21, 2017
Yamaha Corporation of America has issued a recall for piano benches sold with Yamaha grand pianos.  The interior compartment of the piano bench uses paint that has been found to contain lead in excess of federal standards.  Consumers are urged to remove the benches and contact Yamaha Corporation of America for instructions on returning the benches for a free...
March 30, 2017
Paul Wozniak has issued 26 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as dishes, headphones, and cables in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Wozniak alleges that the companies’ products contain the phthalate chemical...
April 28, 2017
Client Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against The Proctor & Gamble Company, alleging that Proctor & Gamble failed to warn California consumers that their sunscreen products contained benzophenone.  Benzophenone is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Proposition 65 requires that businesses...
March 3, 2017
Paul Wozniak has issued 10 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as hand tools, sunglasses cases, and utility gloves in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Wozniak alleges that the companies’ products contain the...
February 2, 2017
Anthony E. Held, Russell Brimer, and Whitney R. Leeman have issued 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as dried teas, gloves, and children's furniture in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Our clients allege that...
October 18, 2016
Peter Englander has issued a dozen new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves with vinyl/PVC components, headphones, and shower hoses in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Englander alleges that the companies’...
September 14, 2016
John Moore has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against U.S. Jaclean, alleging that the company sold exercise balls that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires that companies offering...
January 3, 2017
Laurence Vinocur has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Honeywell International alleging that the company sold gloves with vinyl/PVC components that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65...