Prop 65 / Environment
December 26, 2013
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study finds that blood mercury levels of women of childbearing age have dropped 34 percent from surveys conducted over 10 years ago.
Many people are exposed to mercury in the form of methylmercury often found in fish and shellfish that live in mercury-contaminated water. Mercury builds up in people that eat fish containing...
December 30, 2013
A new study shows that fetal deaths in Washington, D.C. increased during 2000-2003 and 2007-2009, when the city’s tap water was highly contaminated with lead.
Lead is an extremely toxic heavy metal, long known to the State of California to cause birth defects and reproductive harm. While the study does not prove that the District’s “lead crisis”...
Birth Defects, Lead, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm, The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986
December 20, 2013
Effective today, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) designated the common plasticizer Diisononyl Phthalate as known to cause cancer.
When OEHHA, the state agency responsible for implementing Proposition 65, designates a chemical as known to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm—thus adding the chemical to the State...
Cancer, DINP, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
December 27, 2013
The majority of public drinking water wells tested on Cape Cod, Mass. are contaminated with pharmaceuticals, consumer product chemicals, and other contaminants, according to a recent report by Silent Spring Institute. Septic systems are likely the main source of the contamination.
Researchers found contaminants in 15 of 20 public wells and two distribution systems....
December 23, 2013
The Connecticut Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG) recently released its 28th Annual Trouble in Toyland report, stating that while progress has been made in recent years, dangerous and toxic toys can still be found on store shelves across the United States.
ConnPIRG’s research found toys for sale in toy stores, malls, and dollar stores with high levels of toxic...
December 13, 2013
Anthony Held, Russell Brimer, and Whitney Leeman--clients of The Chanler Group--served nine new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as hand tools, stools, chairs and ottomans for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard...
December 18, 2013
A new research study has found that holiday garlands and mardi gras beads may contain hazardous chemicals such as lead, flame retardants, and phthalates, which are linked to cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm.
The study, which was a collaboration between the Ecology Center and Verdigras (an organization dedicated to “greening” Mardi Gras), tested...
December 9, 2013
Continuing its clients’ battle against the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products manufactured by Chinese companies for sale in the U.S., The Chanler Group attorneys have recently finalized terms with another Chinese manufacturer of products sold in U.S. “big-box” retail stores, Shanghai Lansheng Corporation (SLC). This is the third such settlement...
December 10, 2013
A movement in the dental industry calls for phasing out silver amalgam—which contain up to 50% elemental mercury, a toxic substance—due to health and environmental concerns, the Chicago Tribune reported. Studies on the direct impact of silver amalgam tooth fillings on human health have been inconclusive, but the preparation of silver amalgam does contribute...
December 6, 2013
Elementis Chromium, one of the largest manufacturers of chromium chemicals in the world, has been ordered to pay a penalty of over $2.5 million for failure to disclose the health risks of exposure to hexavalent chromium to workers in chemical production plants, as required by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Environmental Protection Agency reported last month.
TSCA...
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