Cancer

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...
April 11, 2016
The parties involved in the case Wozniak v. Harold Import Co., Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on April 11, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak alleged that Harold Import Co., Inc. (“Harold”) sold nylon cooking utensils containing the chemical 4,4’-methylenedianiline (“4,4’-MDA”) in the State of California without...
Kitchen & Dining
4, 4’-MDA
March 28, 2016
On March 28, 2016, the parties involved in the case Held v. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E. alleged that Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (“Sally Beauty”) sold vinyl gloves containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California...
Medical Supplies
DINP
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.  
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...