Octocrylene

Held Settles with Two Sunscreen Companies
May 6, 2016
Our client Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. has settled with Shiseido Americas Corporation and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Dr. Held alleged that Shiseido and Johnson & Johnson sold SPF products (such as sunscreen, lip balm, lotions containing sunscreen, etc.) that contained the chemical benzophenone, which is known...
Prop 65 / Environment
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., Octocrylene, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, settlements, Shiseido Americas Corporation, sunscreen
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Held Issues Notices to Dozens of Sunscreen Manufacturers and Retailers
March 29, 2016
Dr. Anthony Held has issued dozens of 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation to sunscreen manufacturers and retailers, alleging that they offered octocrylene-containing sunscreens to consumers in California without the requisite health hazard warning.  Octocrylene contains benzophenone, which is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.  
Prop 65 / Environment
60-Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Current Pursuits, Octocrylene, Proposition 65 enforcement action, sunscreen
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