Cancer
March 23, 2016
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Korres USA Ltd., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc., Sephora USA, Inc., Sunscreen Lotions
March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016
Anthony Brands, LLC, Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc., Moisturizers containing Sunscreen, Sephora USA, Inc.
March 23, 2016
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 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 3, 2016
The parties involved in the case Held, et al. v. Medline Industries, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on March 3, 2016. In this matter, citizen enforcers Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P. E. and John Moore (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) alleged that Medline Industries, Inc. (“Medline”) sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl...
Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, DINP, Medline Industries, Inc., Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Vinyl/PVC Gloves, Warnings, Whistleblower
February 12, 2016
The parties involved in the case Held v. Shelby Group International, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on February 12, 2016. In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P. E. alleged that Shelby Group International, Inc. (“Shelby”) sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of...
Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DINP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Shelby Group International, Inc., Vinyl/PVC Gloves, Warnings, Whistleblower
March 2, 2016
On March 2, 2016, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Betty Dain Creations, LLC (“Betty”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Held had alleged that Betty sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
Anthony E. Held, Betty Dain Creations, LLC, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, DINP, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Vinyl/PVC Gloves, Warnings, Whistleblower
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