Prop 65 / Environment
April 12, 2016
Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with Harold Import Company, resolving allegations that Harold sold nylon cooking utensils containing the chemical 4,4'-MDA without the requisite health hazard warning. 4,4'-MDA is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and under Proposition 65 law, companies offering products for sale that contain 4,4...
4,4'-MDA, Cancer, Harold Import Co., Inc., Nylon Cooking Utensils, Paul Wozniak, Proposition 65, settlements
April 6, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Frankford Candy LLC, alleging that Frankford Candy violated Proposition 65 by selling mugs with exterior designs containing the heavy metal lead without a health hazard warning to consumers. Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale in California that...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Complaints, Lead, Mugs with Exterior Designs, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
March 29, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has issued dozens of 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation to sunscreen manufacturers and retailers, alleging that they offered octocrylene-containing sunscreens to consumers in California without the requisite health hazard warning. Octocrylene contains benzophenone, which is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Current Pursuits, Octocrylene, Proposition 65 enforcement action, sunscreen
March 24, 2016
TCG clients Dr. Anthony E. Held and Peter Englander have issued 13 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as disposable gloves, sunscreen, and fuel pump nozzles 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...
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Lead, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action
March 22, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against medical supplies distributor Smarthealth, Inc., alleging that Smarthealth sold disposable gloves in California that contained the phthalate chemical DINP without the requisite health hazard warning. DINP is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for...
Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Complaints, DINP, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Smarthealth, Inc., Vinyl/PVC Gloves
March 16, 2016
Peter Englander has negotiated a settlement with NuWorld Corporation over alleged violations of Proposition 65. Englander alleged that NuWorld sold eye shadow compacts 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...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cosmetics, DEHP, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements
March 11, 2016
Leeman filed a complaint against Beam Suntory, the makers of Jim Beam, Courvoisier, and Maker’s Mark, alleging violations of Proposition 65 in its glassware sold in California. Leeman alleges that Beam Suntory sold drinking glasses with exterior designs that contained excessive lead without the requisite health hazard warning to consumers. Lead is known to...
Beam Suntory Inc., Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Complaints, Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Whitney R. Leeman
March 8, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has reached a settlement with Inteplast in regards to alleged Proposition 65 violations. Held alleged that Inteplast did not provide consumers with health hazard warnings for its vinyl gloves, which allegedly contained the phthalate chemical DINP. DINP is known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Inteplast has agreed to pay civil penalties...
March 4, 2016
Our client Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has successfully negotiated a settlement with Dreamgear regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65. Leeman alleged that Dreamgear sold sports armbands with vinyl/PVC straps that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. Under Proposition 65 law, companies offering products...
armbands with vinyl/PVC straps, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, settlements, Whitney R. Leeman
March 1, 2016
Laurence Vinocur has successfully negotiated a settlement with Poetry Corporation for alleged violations of Proposition 65. Vinocur alleged that Poetry sold belts that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm.
As part...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, DEHP, Laurence Vinocur, Phthalates, Poetry Corporation, Proposition 65, settlements, Vinyl/PVC Belts
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