Benzophenone
Synonyms
- Benzophene
March 23, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held has secured a settlement with Product Quest Manufacturing LLC in regard to allegations that the company sold sunscreen containing the chemical benzophenone without the requisite health hazard warnings.
Benzophenone is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale in California that contain benzophenone...
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Citizen Enforcer, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, settlements, sunscreen
March 20, 2015
The parties involved in the case Held v. Product Quest Manufacturing LLC executed a Consent Judgment on March 20, 2015. In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E. alleged that Product Quest Manufacturing LLC (“Product Quest”) sold sunscreen containing the chemical benzophenone in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Product Quest Manufacturing LLC, Proposition 65, Reformulation, sunscreen, Whistleblower
March 18, 2015
Our client Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E. has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against Kroger Co., alleging that the company violated Proposition 65 by selling sunscreen containing the chemical benzophenone without the requisite health hazard warning. Benzophenone is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products...
March 13, 2015
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., sunscreen, Toiletries, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Walgreen Co.
February 20, 2015
On February 20, 2015, the parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblower Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E., made against settling party Sun and Skin Care Research, LLC (“SSCR”). In this matter, Held alleged that SSCR sold sunscreen products containing the chemical benzophenone in the State of California...
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Out-of-Court Settlement, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Sun and Skin Care Research, LLC, sunscreen products, Whistleblower
January 23, 2015
Our clients Dr. Anthony Held, Dr. Whitney Leeman, and Paul Wozniak served over 20 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today to companies offering products such as PVC/vinyl gloves, nylon cooking utensils, and hand tools in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Held...
4,4’-MDA, 60 Day Notice, Benzophenone, Birth Defects, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65
January 23, 2015
Anthony E. Held, Bayer Corporation, Benzophenone, Cancer, Drugstore.com, Inc., MSD Consumer Care, Inc., sunscreen, Walgreen Co.
December 15, 2014
On December 15, 2014, the parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblowers Paul Wozniak and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. made against settling party Fruit of the Earth, Inc. (“FOTE”). In this matter, Wozniak and Held alleged that FOTE sold sunscreen containing the chemical benzophenone in the State of...
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Fruit of the Earth, Inc., Paul Wozniak, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, sunscreen containing benzophenone, Whistleblower
November 26, 2014
Client Dr. Anthony Held served 14 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday to companies offering products such as tools, electrical tape, and sunscreen in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Held alleges that the companies' products contain the phthalate DEHP and the...
60 Day Notice, Benzophenone, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
November 25, 2014
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