Current Pursuits
August 19, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 to companies offering dried tea, both loose leaf and in bags, that were found to contain the heavy metal lead, without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm. The noticed companies include Teavana, Numi, and...
60-Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, Dried Teas, Lead, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
August 8, 2016
John Moore has issued six new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as rainwear, table tennis paddles, and clothesline in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Moore alleges that the companies’ products contain the...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, John Moore, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action
July 29, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 to companies offering dried tea, both loose leaf and in bags, that were found to contain the chemical naphthalene, without the requisite health hazard warning. Naphthalene, which is best known as the main ingredient of traditional mothballs, is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer....
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, Dried Teas, naphthalene, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Whitney R. Leeman
June 30, 2016
Russell Brimer has issued seven new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as napkin rings, cables, and tubing in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Brimer alleges that the companies’ products contain the phthalate...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Russell Brimer
May 27, 2016
Dr. Anthony E. Held, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur have issued 18 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as hand tools, sunscreen, and electrical tape in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Our clients allege that the...
Benzophenone, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
April 29, 2016
TCG clients Dr. Anthony E. Held and Laurence Vinocur have issued 18 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as disposable gloves, sunscreen, and fuel pump nozzles in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Our clients allege...
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
March 29, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has issued dozens of 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation to sunscreen manufacturers and retailers, alleging that they offered octocrylene-containing sunscreens to consumers in California without the requisite health hazard warning. Octocrylene contains benzophenone, which is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Current Pursuits, Octocrylene, Proposition 65 enforcement action, sunscreen
March 24, 2016
TCG clients Dr. Anthony E. Held and Peter Englander have issued 13 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as disposable gloves, sunscreen, and fuel pump nozzles in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Our clients allege that...
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Lead, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action
January 29, 2016
Our client Russell Brimer has issued 12 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as audio cables, exercise balls, and ceramic mugs in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Brimer alleges that the companies’ products...
60-Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Russell Brimer
December 30, 2015
Peter Englander, Dr. Anthony E. Held, and Dr. Whitney R. Leeman are closing out 2015 with 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as vinyl/PVC gloves, electronics cables, and vinyl/PVC rain coats in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard...
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Lead, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
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