Prop 65 / Environment
June 19, 2013
Democrats in Congress, including Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), are concerned about the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) extended delays in clearing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed guidelines to reduce the amount of arsenic, a known carcinogen, in fruit juice....
June 19, 2013
Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served twelve 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and jackets for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, TCEP, TDCPP, Whistleblower
June 17, 2013
Brian Johnson, an attorney for The Chanler Group, shredded guitar at the first annual Law Rocks! San Francisco on June 13, a “battle of the bands” style rock concert in which five groups of legal professionals fought it out on stage to raise nearly $23,000 for five local charities.
Five TCG employees also turned out to support their colleague, donate to charity,...
Brian Johnson, Charitable Donations, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Generator, Law Rocks, The Chanler Group
June 13, 2013
California officials have expressed concerns over some provisions of the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), which was introduced last month in Congress as a series of reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act. A representative of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) stated these concerns in a letter to the Office of California...
June 10, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served eleven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, paint mixer, hand tools, and kitchen tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm,...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
June 7, 2013
Members of the staff of California Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown, Jr. today hosted the third in a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss the Governor’s proposed reforms to Proposition 65. The topic for today’s meeting was revising the lawsuit provisions of Proposition 65, which are codified in California Health and Safety Code...
June 5, 2013
U.S. Senators David Bitter (R-La) and the late Frank R. Lautenberg* (D-NJ) last month proposed new legislation that, if enacted, would modernize the 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). The proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 would ensure that all chemicals registered in the United States and all newly created chemicals are screened for safety to the...
Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013, environmental protection agency, Toxic Substance Control Act
June 3, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week proposed two rules to help protect Americans from exposure to the harmful chemical formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde is commonly known as a preservative for scientific specimens, but it has a wide variety of other uses, including in adhesives and resins for composite wood products—such as hardwood plywood,...
May 31, 2013
Recently, chemicals intended to prevent fires such as brominated flame retardants (PBDEs and others) and chlorinated Tris (TDCPP, TCEP, and others) have been shown to cause cancer, disrupt human thyroid function, and pose other potential health hazards. These chemicals are commonly present in furniture and electronics in order to meet fire safety laws. However, when...
May 31, 2013
Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served ten 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, greeting cards, medical instrument cases, and hand tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, Pthalates, TDCPP
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