Children

February 14, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its final rule today regarding phthalates in inaccessible component parts in children’s toys and child care articles.  The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) permanently prohibits the sale of any “children's toy or child care article” containing more than 0.1 percent of three...
CPSIA
The healthcare products industry has seen tremendous advances in recent decades in healing injury, curing disease, and saving lives.  Clients of The Chanler Group strive to further contribute to this cause by ensuring that healthcare products display Proposition 65 health hazard warnings whenever they contain detectable levels of lead or phthalate chemicals. In recent...
May 13, 2011
On May 13, 2011, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Klutz; et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant Klutz sold children's books with vinyl pouches containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing...
Household Products
DEHP
October 11, 2011
On October 11, 2011, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Mad Catz, Inc. ("Mad Catz"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Mad Catz sold backpacks containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. As part of the settlement,...
Children Bags/Totes
Lead
March 28, 2011
On March 28, 2011, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Cross Canvas Company, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant Cross Canvas Company, Inc. ("Cross Canvas"), sold backpacks containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the...
Children Bags/Totes
DEHP
July 18, 2011
On July 18, 2011, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E., and settling defendant Fishman and Tobin LLC ("Fishman"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that Fishman sold footwear containing excessive amounts of the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California...
Children's Footwear
DEHP
December 6, 2011
On December 6, 2011, the Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Hypnotic Hats, Ltd., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Hypnotic Hats, Ltd. ("Hypnotic Hats"), sold Pink Cookie Fashion Belts containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
Children's Belts
Lead
December 7, 2011
On December 7, 2011, the Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Age Group Limited, et al., which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore's allegations that the defendant Age Group Limited ("Age Group") sold footwear containing the phthalate di-n-butyl phthalate ("DBP") in the State of California without providing the requisite...
Children's Footwear
DBP