Prop 65 / Environment

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...
January 13, 2017
Peter Englander has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Lyman Products Corporation alleging that the company sold brass hammer pins that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning.  Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65...
December 20, 2016
Russell Brimer has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Northern Brewer, LLC, alleging that the company sold vinyl/PVC hoses and tools with vinyl/PVC grips 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...
December 29, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 15 more 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 violation against tea distributors, including Yamamoto of Orient, Eden Foods, and International Coffee & Tea.  Dr. Leeman alleges that the companies sold dried teas in California that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning.  Lead is known to the State of...
November 7, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued more 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 violation against tea distributors, including Ten Ren Tea Co., Starwest Botanicals, and Hsin Tung Yang Foods.  Dr. Leeman alleges that the companies sold dried teas in California that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning.  Lead is known to the State of...
September 30, 2016
Laurence Vinocur has issued over a dozen new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves with vinyl/PVC components, mugs with exterior designs, 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.  Vinocur alleges that the...
September 7, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued more 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 violation against various tea distributors, including Anhing Corporation, Frontier Cooperative, and Save Mart Supermarkets.  Dr. Leeman alleges that the companies sold dried teas, both loose-leaf and bagged, in California that contained the heavy metal lead, without the requisite health hazard warning...