Carcinogens

Synonyms

  • carcinogen
Judge Tentatively Rules Baby Food Makers Exempt from Warning of Lead
July 19, 2013
A California judge issued a tentative and proposed decision this week that would hold that Dole, Gerber, Del Monte, Smucker’s, and other food makers are not required to provide California consumers with health hazard warnings regarding lead in baby food, juices, and packaged fruits made by these companies.  The tentative decision followed a month-long trial in this...
Prop 65 / Environment
Baby Food, Carcinogens, Environmental Law Foundation, Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reproductive Harm
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FDA Proposes Limits for Arsenic in Apple Juice
July 15, 2013
On July 12, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) proposed a limit for arsenic in apple juice. The FDA’s proposal comes nearly two years after concerns about the juice were first raised during a segment of “The Dr. Oz Show.” The new proposed standard for arsenic, a carcinogen, is 10 parts per billion (“ppb”).  The...
Prop 65 / Environment
Apple Juice, Arsenic, Cancer, Carcinogens, EPA, FDA, Proposition 65
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Keeping the Public Safe from Chemicals in Flame-Cooked Burgers through New Enforcement Actions
October 30, 2012
In her ongoing efforts to protect the public in California against exposure to carcinogenic chemicals found in flame-cooked hamburgers, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, has recently issued a dozen new 60-Day notices for restaurants and stores that serve flame-cooked burgers found to contain such chemicals. Dr. Leeman expects to serve additional notices to...
Prop 65 / Environment
Cancer, Carcinogens, flame grilled, hamburgers, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Proposition 65
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TCG Clients Use Contempt Proceedings to Continuously Enforce Settlement Agreements to Reduce Chemicals and Provide Warnings
August 10, 2012
Beginning in late-2005, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, began investigating risks to human health from cancer-causing chemicals found in flame-cooked hamburgers sold in restaurants.  When meat is cooked over an open flame, chemicals called polycyclic—pronounced polly ∙ sigh ∙ click—aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs for short, are formed.  ...
Prop 65 / Environment
Carcinogens, contempt, flame-cooked meat, food, P65, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Prop 65 / Environment, Proposition 65
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Dr. Leeman's Ongoing Efforts to Protect the Public from Chemicals in Flame-Cooked Burgers
July 31, 2012
In early July 2012, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of TCG, began issuing Proposition 65 notices to restaurants and resorts selling flame-cooked burgers containing chemicals known to cause cancer. These efforts are a continuation of Dr. Leeman's ongoing work, which she commenced more than seven years ago, to reduce or eliminate toxins in flame-cooked burgers. It was in late...
Prop 65 / Environment
Carcinogens, flame-cooked meat, food, P65, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Prop 65 / Environment, Proposition 65
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Craft and Hobby Supplies, Tools, and Lead Balancing Weights
As new legislation and consumer safety standards evolve, manufacturers of tools, recreational equipment, and craft supplies have a responsibility to uphold these regulations and to make the according adjustments to their products. The Chanler Group's clients have found that many craft and hobby products contain detectable levels of phthalates and lead, chemicals known to...
Attention problems, Behavioral problems, Birth Defects, Butyl benzyl phthalate ("BBP"), Cancer, Carcinogens, Developmental problems, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Diminished intellectual ability, Fishing, Fishing industry, Hand-to-mouth activity, Hobby, Lead, Lead Balancing Weights, Lead Chemicals, Lead poisoning, Learning disabilities, Neurotoxin, Phthalates, Plasticizers, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, Reproductive Harm, Sewing, Short term memory loss, Tackle industry, Tools, Western-Hoegee Company
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