Flame retardants
Synonyms
- Flame retardants
- flame retardant
July 1, 2014
Proposed California bill SB-1019 would, if passed, require manufacturers to label whether or not their furniture products contain flame retardant chemicals.
California Technical Bulletin TB-117 (now revised to TB-117-2013) requires upholstered furniture to pass a flammability test for fire safety purposes. If the furniture complies, then it is affixed with a label...
California Legislature, Cancer, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, SB-1019, TB-117, Technical bulletin 117
June 27, 2014
Cancer, Flame retardants, Home Meridian Holdings, Inc., Home Meridian International, Inc., Mathis Bros. Oklahoma City LLC, Padded Upholstered Chairs, Peter Englander, Residential Furniture, TDCPP
June 23, 2014
Last Friday, Russell Brimer, Anthony Held, and Laurence Vinocur served 20 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation. The notices were served to companies offering products such as sunscreen, headphones, and glass mugs for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Our citizen...
60 Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, TDCPP
June 20, 2014
Cancer, Flame retardants, Legends Furniture, Inc., Residential Furniture, TDCPP, Upholstered Chairs with Foam Padding containing TDCPP, Vinocur
June 16, 2014
Preschools and day care centers are full of toxic flame retardant chemicals, the San Francisco Chronicle reported earlier this month. Brominated flame retardants and tris phosphate compounds have been linked to hormone disruption and lowered IQs, and are chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Flame retardant chemicals have become widespread in our...
June 9, 2014
In the enforcement action Englander v. Kinfine U.S.A. Inc., et al., citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Kinfine U.S.A. Inc. (“Kinfine”) were resolved on June 9, 2014, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander alleged that Kinfine sold padded upholstered furniture including ottomans and...
Children's Chairs, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Flame retardants, Kinfine U.S.A. Inc., Ottomans, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, TCEP, TDCPP, Whistleblower
June 12, 2014
Thanks to TCG client Peter Englander, Costco has agreed to only sell furniture from supplier Whalen Furniture Manufacturing, that virtually eliminates two toxic chemicals, tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”). TDCPP is a flame retardant chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer...
Costco Wholesale Corporation, DEHP, Flame retardants, Furniture, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, TDCPP
May 22, 2014
Whistleblower Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Reimers Furniture Mfg., Inc. (“Reimers”) were resolved on May 22, 2014, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Reimers sold padded upholstered chairs containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”)...
Chair, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Flame retardants, Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Reimers Furniture Mfg., Inc., TCEP, TDCPP, vendor notification, Whistleblower
May 19, 2014
Whistleblower Laurence Vinocur resolved his allegations against the defendant Ontel Products Corporation (“Ontel”) in the case Vinocur v. Studio Designs, Inc., et al. when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on May 19, 2014. In this enforcement action, Vinocur alleged that Ontel sold orthopedic seat cushions with foam padding containing the flame...
Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Laurence Vinocur, Ontel Products Corporation, Orthopedic Seat Cushions, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, TCEP, TDCPP, vendor notification, Whistleblower
May 16, 2014
Whistleblower Laurence Vinocur resolved his allegations against the defendant Bojer, Inc. (“Bojer”) in the case Vinocur v. Bojer, Inc. when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on May 16, 2014. In this enforcement action, Vinocur alleged that Bojer sold foam-filled seat cushions containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“...
Bojer, Inc., Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Furniture, Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Seat Cushions, TCEP, TDCPP, vendor notification
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