DINP

April 15, 2016
The parties involved in the case Held v. Tomy International, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on April 15, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. alleged that Tomy International, Inc. (“Tomy”) sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without...
Medical Supplies
DINP
March 28, 2016
On March 28, 2016, the parties involved in the case Held v. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E. alleged that Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (“Sally Beauty”) sold vinyl gloves containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California...
Medical Supplies
DINP
March 14, 2016
On March 14, 2016, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Pro-Stat, Inc. (“Pro-Stat”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Held had alleged that Pro-Stat sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
Medical Supplies
DINP
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...
March 22, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against medical supplies distributor Smarthealth, Inc., alleging that Smarthealth sold disposable gloves in California that contained the phthalate chemical DINP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DINP is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for...