Flame retardants
Synonyms
- Flame retardants
- flame retardant
April 18, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at the Environmental Leader:
OfficeMax, Ross Stores and Kinwai USA are among the nine manufacturers and retailers that law firm The Chanler Group is suing under California’s Proposition 65. The group has also served more than 100 violation notices on leading furniture manufacturers and retailers,...
April 17, 2013
Last month, Peter Englander, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, commenced Proposition 65 private enforcement actions against manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of upholstered furniture, alleging that the products offered for sale by these entities contain the flame retardant TDCPP, chemicals known to the State of California to...
Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
April 16, 2013
The Chanler Group has served more than 100 “Sixty-Day Notices of Violation” on leading furniture manufacturers alleging the presence of flame retardants TDCPP and TCEP, referred to more simply as Tris, in their products. The Chanler Group’s clients, Peter Englander, Laurence Vinocur, and John Moore assert that unwarned exposure to Tris is a violation of...
April 11, 2013
Rising public concern and the Chicago Tribune’s investigative series on the toxic nature of common flame retardants found in upholstered foam furniture has given rise to new state legislation aimed at restricting or banning these flame retardant chemicals, Prop 65 News reported recently.
California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, and...
Flame retardants, Furniture, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, TB-117, TCEP, TDCPP, Technical bulletin 117
April 11, 2013
Peter Englander, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--today served thirteen 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering furniture and other products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. TCG's citizen enforcers allege that...
April 3, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, and Laurence Vinocur--three clients of The Chanler Group--today served sixteen 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Chemicals allegedly found in the...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, TCEP, TDCPP
April 1, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that it will begin assessments of 23 commonly used chemicals, with a specific focus on flame retardants, in order to understand potential risks to people and the environment.
The list includes 20 flame retardant chemicals, four of which will undergo full risk assessments. Those four are:
Tris(2-...
March 27, 2013
Peter Englander and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served thirteen 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Chemicals allegedly found in the companies' products include...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate ("TDCPP"), tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate ("TCEP"), Vinocur
March 18, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--today served a total of twenty-two 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without providing the requisite health-hazard warning....
60 Day Notice, Birth Defects, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, PAHs, Phthalates, Reproductive Harm, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate ("TDCPP")
March 13, 2013
TCG clients Peter Englander and Laurence Vinocur today served a total of ten 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without first providing a health hazard warning. These products include hand tools with plasticized or rubber grips...
Current Pursuits, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Flame retardants, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action, tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate ("TCEP")
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