Product Recall
February 9, 2016
KHS America has issued a recall of its 8-Note Monkey Glockenspiel because the pink metal note bar may contain levels of lead that exceed federal safety standards. Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm, and ingested lead can cause adverse health effets.
The instrument has eight metal bars in multiple colors...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65
May 16, 2014
Discount School Supply has issued a recall of its Excellerations™ magnetic color sorting boards. The magnet in the wand can detach and the plywood backing can crack to release small metal balls. Swallowing a magnet and/or a metal ball poses a serious choking and internal injury risk. The surface paint on the metal balls also contains levels of lead in...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65
March 13, 2014
The Conran Shop issued a recall of wooden dining tables because the lacquer paint contains lead in excess of federal standards. The recalled wooden tables have a table top wrapped in brass. The brass has been coated with zinc to give it a green patina, and then coated with a clear matte lacquer. The tables are about 78 inches long, 36 inches wide and 29...
January 23, 2014
Whistleblower Laurence Vinocur and settling party Artsana USA, Inc. (“Artsana”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on January 23, 2014, which resolved Vinocur’s allegations that Artsana sold upholstered infant carriers containing the flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate...
Artsana USA, Inc., Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Infant Carriers, Laurence Vinocur, Product Recall, Proposition 65, Reformulation, TCEP, TDCPP, vendor notification, Whistleblower
May 22, 2013
In the enforcement action Brimer v. Telebrands Corp. the parties executed a Consent Judgment on May 22, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations that the defendant Telebrands Corp. (“Telebrands”) sold headphones with vinyl/PVC components, including, but not limited to, the MyZone headphones, that contain the phthalate chemical di(2-...
Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Headphones with Vinyl/PVC Components, Product Recall, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Russell Brimer, Telebrands Corp., Whistleblower
April 25, 2013
In the enforcement action Brimer v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, et al., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on April 25, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations that the defendant R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (“R.R. Donnelley”) sold coverings for books containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (...
Civil penalties, DEHP, Household Products, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Reformulation, Russell Brimer, Whistleblower
August 22, 2013
Glideaway has issued a recall of Sleepharmony Metal Youth Beds in pink because the surface paint contains lead in excess of federal standards. The bed is a twin size, made of metal, and has three pink heart-shaped designs on both the headboard and the footboard. The recalled beds were manufactured between December 2011 and May 2013 and bear the model number #MB-YPT...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Furniture, Lead, Product Recall, Recall
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...
Charles Amash Imports, Inc., Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Hand Tools, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Russell Brimer, Tool Bags, vendor notification, Whistleblower
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