The Chanler Group has negotiated two settlements with Chinese manufacturers in the past several months for Proposition 65 violations. Hangzhou GreatStar Tool Co. and DAP Inc. have agreed to reformulate their products to virtually eliminate DEHP and to pay civil penalties totaling as much as $65,000, 75 percent of which will go to the State of California to protect and...
The Chanler Group (www.chanler.com), an environmental law firm, reached a settlement on behalf of its client, Peter Englander, with a Chinese manufacturer of products alleged to contain the reproductive toxin di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, commonly known as DEHP. Mr. Englander alleged that the foreign company, Hangzhou GreatStar Tool Company, violated California’s...
In Englander v. Pet Food Express, Ltd. et al., citizen enforcer Peter Englander resolved his allegations that the defendant Chuck Latham Associates, Inc. (“Chuck Latham”) sold pet grooming hand tools containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings....
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Supervalu Inc. (“Supervalu”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on October 14, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Supervalu sold vinyl/PVC hand tool grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) and heavy metal lead in the State of...
The Consent Judgment between citizen enforcer Peter Englander and defendant F&M Plastics, Inc. (“F&M”) was executed September 12, 2013. This agreement resolved Englander’s allegations that F&M sold hand tool grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) and the heavy metal lead in the State of...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Weems Industries, Inc., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on February 12, 2013. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Weems Industries, Inc. d/ba/ Legacy Company (“Legacy”) sold grease guns with hand grips containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Co., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on June 28, 2013. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Co. (“V&B”) sold hammers with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)...
