Crystalline Silica

April 13, 1995
In a settlement reached on April 13, 1995, and entered by the Marin County Superior Court as a judgment on April 17, 1995 (Case No. 162323), Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower, As You Sow, and chemicals manufacturer, Tremco Autobody Technologies ("TAT"), settled pending litigation and resolved AYS' claims regarding alleged violations of Proposition...
Paints & Fluids
December 3, 1999
The Superior Court of Alameda County entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Laguna Clay Company, et al., (No. H209107-3) on December 3, 1999, which resolved citizen enforcer DiPirro's allegations that Laguna manufactured and distributed ceramic glazes and other products containing the heavy metal lead, cobalt, and/or crystalline silica in the State of California without...
Glazes
December 2, 1999
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and Duncan Enterprises, Inc. entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on December 2, 1999.  This agreement was later brought before the Alameda County Superior Court for approval on January 11, 2000.  The Settlement Agreement resolved DiPirro’s allegations that Duncan sold paint glazes containing lead and crystalline...
Glazed Ceramics, Glazes
Crystalline Silica, Lead
May 31, 1995
Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower, As You Sow, and manufacturer of industrial minerals, chemicals, and protective coating products, R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc., reached an agreement on May 31, 1995, resolving allegations made by AYS in two 60-day notices of violation the whistleblower served on RTV on each March 17, 1994, and September 15, 1994. AYS's...
July 9, 1995
In a stipulated judgment submitted to the Alameda County Superior Court on July 9, 1995 (Case No. 748827-2), for approval and entry as a judgment, Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower, As You Sow, and manufacturer of resins, composites, and other specialty products, Hexcel Corporation, resolved AYS's allegation that Hexcel violated Proposition 65 when it...
October 16, 1996
The October 9, 1996, settlement reached between Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower As You Sow, and manufacturer of polymer resins and other chemicals Ciba-Geigy Polymers Division ("Ciba"), was entered as a judgment by the San Francisco Superior Court on October 16, 1996, (Case No. CGC-95-972965). The judgment resolved the private enforcement action...
February 24, 1995
In the enforcement action As You Sow v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, the Honorable Stuart R. Pollak of the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment on February 24, 1995.  In this matter, the not-for-profit public interest foundation As You Sow (“AYS”), represented by Cliff Chanler, alleged that the defendant E. I. du Pont de...
May 7, 2003
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. Northern Tool & Equipment Co., et al. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on May 7, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Northern Tool & Equipment Co. sold power tools containing lead (or lead compounds), crystalline silica, arsenic and/...
July 28, 1995
On July 28, 1995, Proposition 65 private enforcer, As You Sow, and settling industrial adhesives manufacturer, Sika Corporation, entered into a settlement resolving AYS's allegation that Sika sold adhesives containing toluene, toluene diisocyanate, 4, 4'-methylenedianiline, formaldehyde (gas), and crystalline silica in the State of California without providing the...
January 22, 1996
A Consent Judgment in the As You Sow v. Forrest Paint Company, et al. matter, heard in the San Francisco County Superior Court, was entered on January 22, 1996. The Consent Judgment resolved private enforcer As You Sow's allegations that the defendant Forrest Paint Company ("Forrest") sold paints and solvents containing crystalline silica and toluene (hereinafter...