Hand Tools

October 23, 2012
The Honorable Mark H. Pierce of the Santa Clara County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Brimer et al. v. 3M Company, et al., on October 23, 2012.  This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers Russell Brimer, John Moore, and Peter Englander’s allegations that sixteen defendants sold hand tools, garden...
BBP, DBP, DEHP, Lead
August 14, 2012
Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations against settling party Charles Amash Imports, Inc. (“Amash”) were resolved on August 14, 2012, when the parties entered into a Settlement Agreement. Brimer alleged that Amash sold hand tools and tool bags with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) and the heavy...
DEHP, Lead