TDCPP
IKEA settles Proposition 65 Case brought by The Chanler Group - by Heath E. Combs at Furniture Today
September 12, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has filed an out-of-court settlement in a Proposition 65 complaint with law firm The Chanler Group.
The Chanler Group is a professional Prop 65 litigant. Its complaint with Ikea covers changing pads. The settlement was listed on the California Attorney General's website.
To settle all...
60 Day Notice, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TB-117, TCEP, TDCPP
September 6, 2013
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products. The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act.”
Flame retardants have been associated with cancer, endocrine...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, TDCPP
September 3, 2013
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against settling parties IKEA Holding US, Inc. and IKEA North America Services, LLC (collectively “IKEA”) were resolved on September 3, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that IKEA sold changing pads with polyurethane foam containing...
Changing Pads, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Ikea Holding US, Inc., Ikea North America Services, LLC, Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Reformulation, TDCPP, Whistleblower
July 5, 2013
Anthony Held, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served twelve 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and clothing accessories for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health...
60 Day Notice, BBP, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DBP, DEHP, Flame retardants, Formaldehyde, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
June 19, 2013
Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served twelve 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and jackets for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, TCEP, TDCPP, Whistleblower
June 10, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served eleven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, paint mixer, hand tools, and kitchen tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm,...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
June 3, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
Tris itself was listed as a Prop. 65 carcinogen in October of 2011 over the objections of the chemical industry. The warning requirement for products containing Tris became effective in October of last year. OEHHA subsequently established a safe harbor level (No Significant Risk Level) for Tris exposure of 5.4 micrograms...
60 Day Notice, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TB-117, TCEP, TDCPP
May 31, 2013
Recently, chemicals intended to prevent fires such as brominated flame retardants (PBDEs and others) and chlorinated Tris (TDCPP, TCEP, and others) have been shown to cause cancer, disrupt human thyroid function, and pose other potential health hazards. These chemicals are commonly present in furniture and electronics in order to meet fire safety laws. However, when...
May 31, 2013
Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served ten 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, greeting cards, medical instrument cases, and hand tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, Pthalates, TDCPP
May 28, 2013
Earlier this month, Environmental Health Perspectives, a National Institutes of Health journal, reported on two studies showing that exposure to the carcinogenic flame retardant TDCPP, commonly referred to as chlorinated tris, may be widespread.
TDCPP is a flame retardant widely used in polyurethane foam padding in furniture and automobiles. A recent survey found that...
Cancer, Children, Flame retardants, Furniture, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, TDCPP
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