The parties involved in the case Held v. All Access Apparel, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on July 30, 2014. In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E., alleged that All Access Apparel, Inc. (“All Access”) sold belts and headphones with vinyl/PVC wires, both containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in the State of...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are collaborating in a worldwide research effort to assess any potential impacts of nanomaterials on people's health and the environment. Nanomaterials are made up of very small particles, which are about 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Nanomaterials...
