Laurence Vinocur has successfully negotiated a settlement with Poetry Corporation for alleged violations of Proposition 65. Vinocur alleged that Poetry sold belts that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm.
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The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. Poetry Corporation executed a Consent Judgment on February 25, 2016. In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that Poetry Corporation (“Poetry”) sold vinyl/PVC belts containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the...