Complaints

December 21, 2015
Mark Moorberg has filed a complaint against Impact Innovations alleging violations of Proposition 65.  Moorberg alleges that Impact Innovations sold vinyl/PVC holiday door decorations that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other...
November 20, 2015
Mark Moorberg has filed a complaint against TFI, Inc. and Big Lots alleging violations of Proposition 65.  Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale that contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm to provide consumers with a health hazard warning.  Moorberg alleges that TFI and Big Lots sold planners...
November 16, 2015
Citizen enforcer Mark Moorberg has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court alleging that Liberty Glove violated Proposition 65 by selling vinyl/PVC gloves that contained DINP without a health hazard warning.  DINP is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale that contain DINP must provide consumers with a “...
October 9, 2015
Mark Moorberg has filed a complaint against Stanley Black & Decker alleging that the company sold vinyl/PVC tool pouches in California that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm.  Proposition 65 requires companies...
September 14, 2015
Russell Brimer has filed a lawsuit against Lowe’s Companies in Alameda County Superior Court alleging violations of Proposition 65.  Brimer alleges that Lowe’s sold electrical tape containing the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warnings.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive...
August 21, 2015
Last week, Dr. Whitney R. Leeman filed a complaint in San Francisco County Court against Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company and Barnes & Noble alleging violations of Proposition 65.  Leeman alleges that the defendants sold books with covers that contained the heavy metal lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or...
August 18, 2015
John Moore has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Techtronic Industries North America, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, and Ziemann’s Vision, alleging that the companies violated Proposition 65 by selling gloves and hand tools containing the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State...
June 25, 2015
Paul Wozniak has filed a complaint in Marin County Court against Nordstrom alleging violations of Proposition 65.  Wozniak alleges that Nordstrom sold drinking glasses with exterior designs that contain the heavy metal lead.  Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires companies...
July 21, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against Kimberly-Clark Corporation alleging violations of California’s Proposition 65.  Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or reproductive harm to provide consumers with a warning...
July 1, 2015
Paul Wozniak has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court alleging that Certified International Corp. violated Proposition 65.  Wozniak alleges that Certified International sold mugs in California that contained the heavy metal lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm.  Under...