Luggage Tags

August 22, 2014
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Dr. Whitney Leeman, frequent flyers and other travelers can rest assured that their luggage tags are virtually free of toxic chemicals as mandated under Proposition 65.  Dr. Leeman and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. have entered into a binding agreement prohibiting the sales and distribution of any luggage tags in California unless the luggage tags...
August 20, 2014
On August 20, 2014, whistleblower Whitney Leeman, Ph.D., and settling party CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (“CVS”) executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that Leeman made against CVS.  In this matter, Leeman alleged that CVS sold vinyl/PVC luggage tags containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”)...
Travel
DEHP
November 20, 2012
On November 20, 2012, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Kingsbridge International, Inc. ("Kingsbridge"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Kingsbridge sold tools with grips containing the heavy metal lead and the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the...
Hand Tools
DEHP, Lead
March 7, 2012
The Honorable Roy O. Chernus of the Marin County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Held et al. v. Alticor, Inc., et al., on March 7, 2012.  This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations that eighteen defendants sold products containing phthalate...
Bags & Accessories
BBP, DBP, DEHP
March 19, 2013
In the enforcement action Moore v. Pan Am Railways, Inc., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on March 19, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations that the defendant Pan Am Railways, Inc. (“Pan Am”) sold passport covers, luggage tags, and bags containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the...
Bags & Accessories, Travel
DEHP