Standard Motor Products, Inc.

December 12, 2018
The parties involved in the case Englander v. Standard Motor Products, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on December 12, 2018.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Peter Englander alleged that Standard Motor Products, Inc. (“SMP”) sold wiring instruments with vinyl/PVC coated wires containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP...
Electrical
DEHP
February 23, 2017
On February 23, 2017, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party Standard Motor Products, Inc. (“Standard”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Moore had alleged that Standard sold vinyl/PVC electrical tape and vinyl/PVC tool grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California...
Hand Tools, Home Improvement
DEHP
June 18, 2015
Russell Brimer has filed a complaint in Santa Clara County Court alleging that Standard Motor Products, Inc. violated Proposition 65 by selling hand tools with vinyl/PVC grips that contain the phthalate chemical DEHP without a health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and companies offering...