Solvents

July 13, 2000
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and HomeBase, Inc. entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on July 13, 2000.  This Agreement was later brought before the Alameda County Superior Court for approval.  The Settlement Agreement resolved DiPirro’s allegations that HomeBase sold anchoring and floor repair products that contain lead, formaldehyde, and...
June 6, 2002
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's action against Winfield Brooks Company, Inc. concluded on June 6, 2002 when a Consent Judgment was executed in DiPirro v. Winfield Brooks Company, Inc., resolving DiPirro's allegations that Winfield Brooks sold cutting and tapping fluids containing the toxin tetrachloroeothylene in the State of California without providing the...
Solvents
Tetrachloroethylene
April 28, 1999
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and settling party Tech Spray, Inc. ("Tech Spray") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on April 28, 1999, resolving DiPirro's allegations that Tech Spray sold conformal coatings that contain the solvent toluene and solder products that contain the heavy metal lead and formaldehyde and products that contain methylene...
Soldering, Solvents
May 3, 2001
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and defendant TACC International ("TACC"), a division of the Illinois Tool Works Inc. ("ITW"), executed a Consent Judgment on May 3, 2001, in the case DiPirro v. TACC International, et al., which resolved DiPirro's allegations that TACC sold adhesive remover containing the chemical methylene chloride in the State of...
Solvents
Methylene Chloride
November 22, 2002
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and defendant Slide Products, Inc. reached a settlement in the form of a Consent Judgment that was executed on November 22, 2002, in DiPirro v. Slide Products, Inc. The settlement resolved DiPirro's allegations that Slide Products sold cleaning and degreaser products containing the toxin trichloroethylene in the State of California without...
Solvents
Trichloroethylene
December 7, 2001
The parties involved in DiPirro v. Sherwin-Williams Company., et al., executed a Consent Judgment on December 7, 2001, which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Sherwin-Williams Company ("Sherwin-Williams") sold cutting oils containing mineral oil in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard...
Solvents
Mineral Oils
December 14, 2002
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc., et al. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on November 14, 2002. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ("Illinois") sold staining colors and fluids containing lead and lead compounds and...
Adhesives, Solvents
Lead, Toluene
August 16, 1999
Michael DiPirro and The Herbert Stanley Company entered into a settlement agreement on August 16, 1999, which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that Herbert Stanley manufactured and distributed a tarnish remover solvent containing thiourea in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. Pursuant to the terms of the...
Solvents
Thiourea
April 9, 1996
Whistleblower and private Proposition 65 enforcer, As You Sow, reached settlement terms with H.B. Fuller Company, a manufacturer of adhesives, glues, resins, coatings and other products that AYS alleged contain chemicals listed pursuant to Proposition 65 to cause cancer and reproductive harm or birth defects, including toluene, dichloromethane, crystalline silica, formaldehyde...
Adhesives, Solvents
July 13, 1999
On July 13, 1999, citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and settling defendant GC Thornsen, Inc. a.k.a. GC Electronics, reached and executed a settlement agreement which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that GC sold adhesives, coatings, specialty chemicals, solder, soldering wire and flux, soldering guns, irons and torches, and other electronic...
Adhesives, Soldering, Solvents