The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has adopted the Safer Consumer Products regulation. Effective October 1, 2013, manufacturers will be required to seek safer chemical alternatives to potentially hazardous ingredients historically used in common consumer products.
In the coming months, the DTSC will prepare and publish a list of Candidate...
Negotiations to reform California’s landmark consumer right-to-know law stalled last week between Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration and various interest groups, Christopher Arns of the Sacramento Business Journal reported last week. Stakeholders had hoped to introduce changes to the law before the California Legislature began its midterm recess on September...
Assembly Bill 227 (AB227) passed the California Legislature on Wednesday and is on its way to the Governor’s desk. AB227, introduced by Rep. Mark Gatto, will amend Proposition 65 to give certain businesses a 14-day “cure period” to remedy violations of the law without being subject to civil penalties.
Proposition 65, or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic...
Anthony Held, a client of The Chanler Group, served six 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday. The notices were served to companies offering products such as pillows, hand tools, and pet carriers for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Held alleges that the...
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products. The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act.”
Flame retardants have been associated with cancer, endocrine...
Anthony Held and John Moore--clients of The Chanler Group--served seven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last week. The notices were served to companies offering products such as pillows, hand tools, and sports equipment for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. TCG...
The Environmental Research Center (ERC) filed a suit against Clif Bar & Company, alleging unwarned exposures to lead in violation of Proposition 65. ERC alleges that several of Clif Bar’s products contain lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm, and that California citizens have been exposed without receiving a health hazard...
The Chanler Group has received certification, required by the settlement agreement with TCG client Russell Brimer, that Wolters Kluwer’s vinyl and PVC notebooks offered for sale in California have been reformulated to contain less than 0.1% of DEHP. As a result, the final civil penalty of $15,000, which Wolters Kluwer agreed to in the settlement, will be waived....
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing earlier this month titled “Strengthening Public Health Protections by Addressing Toxic Chemical Threats,” with witnesses presenting testimony for and against the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA). The bulk of the hearing was taken up by concerns about preemption of state law, as...
Though Coca-Cola has reformulated its products both within and without California to no longer contain the cancer-causing chemical 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), Pepsi products purchased outside of California still contain 4-MEI, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced earlier this month.
Last March, both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo stated they would change their caramel...
