trichloroethylene
February 4, 2014
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has designated trichloroethylene (TCE) as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity, effective January 31, 2014. Beginning January 31, 2015, companies selling products that contain TCE will have to provide a health hazard warning stating that their...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, TCE, trichloroethylene
February 8, 2001
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and Hobby Shack, Hobby People, Inc., and Global Hobby Distributors, Inc. (collectively “Hobby Shack”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on February 8, 2001. The Settlement Agreement resolved DiPirro’s allegations that Hobby Shack sold: (1) lead weights and other lead products, and soldering products...
Adhesives & Supplies, Craft & Hobby Fuel, Craft & Hobby Tools, Formaldehyde (gas), Global Hobby Distributors, Inc., Hobby People, Inc., Hobby Shack, Lead, Lead Balancing Weights, Michael DiPirro, nitromethane, Proposition 65, Solder, Toluene, trichloroethylene, Welding & Brazing Products
April 2, 2001
Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations against the defendant SIG Manufacturing Company, Inc. ("SIG") were resolved on April 2, 2001, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. DiPirro alleged that SIG sold adhesives and fuel containing the chemicals trichloethylene and nitromethane in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
Adhesives & Supplies, Michael DiPirro, nitromethane, Proposition 65, SIG Manufacturing Company, Inc., trichloroethylene
April 26, 1996
Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower As You Sow and chemical manufacturer Fisher Scientific Company entered an agreement resolving AYS's allegations that Fisher Scientific Company, Inc. ("Fisher") failed to warn consumers in California that the chemical products it sold contained chemicals that are listed pursuant to Proposition 65 as chemicals known...
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (para-Dichlorobenzene; p-Dichlorobenzene), As You Sow, Benzene, Chloroform, Fisher Scientific Company, Inc., Lead, Mercury, methylene chloride, Nickel, Proposition 65, propylene oxide, Thiourea, Toluene, trichloroethylene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (para-Dichlorobenzene; p-Dichlorobenzene), Benzene, Chloroform, Lead, Mercury, Methylene Chloride, Nickel, Propylene Oxide, Thiourea, Toluene, Trichloroethylene
November 25, 1996
Chemical manufacturer and distributor Mallinckrodt, Inc. and several of its subsidiaries entered into a settlement agreement with private Proposition 65 enforcer and whistleblower As You Sow on November 25, 1996. The agreement was entered by the San Francisco County Superior Court and concluded the enforcement action instituted by AYS against Mallinckrodt after no public...
1,4 dioxane, As You Sow, Cadmium, Lead, Mallinckrodt Group, Inc., Nickel, Oil Companies and Chemical Distributors, Proposition 65, Toluene, trichloroethylene
December 1, 1996
The Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment according to the settlement reached between Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower, As You Sow ("AYS"), and janitorial and industrial cleaning products supplier, Quest Chemical Corporation. The judgment resolves AYS's allegations that Quest sold and distributed eight janitorial/industrial...
As You Sow, Household Products, methylene chloride, Proposition 65, Quest Chemical Corporation, tetrachloroethylene, Toluene, trichloroethylene
September 1, 1996
On September 1, 1996, the San Francisco Superior Court entered a Stipulated Judgment, resolving private enforcer As You Sow's allegations against the chemical manufacturer Chemcentral Corporation, Inc. AYS alleged that Chemcentral sold chemicals and solvent blends containing the listed chemicals toluene, methylene, perchloroethylene, and trichloroethylene without providing...
As You Sow, Chemcentral Corporation, methylene chloride, Proposition 65, tetrachloroethylene, Toluene, trichloroethylene
April 30, 2013
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has requested relevant information on whether the chemical Trichloroethylene (TCE) meets the criteria for listing as a chemical known to the State to cause reproductive harm. This request for relevant information is being proposed under Health and Safety Code...
NOIL, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Reproductive Harm, TCE, trichloroethylene
November 26, 1996
The Honorable Stuart R. Pollack, Judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court, entered a Judgment according to the terms of the settlement between Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower As You Sow ("AYS") and chemical manufacturer PPG Industries, Inc. on November 26, 1996. The settlement resolved AYS's claims that PPG shipped bulk quantities of...
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (para-Dichlorobenzene; p-Dichlorobenzene), As You Sow, Automotive Chemicals, Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride), methylene chloride, PPG Industries, Inc., Proposition 65, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (para-Dichlorobenzene; p-Dichlorobenzene), Chloroethane (Ethyl Chloride), Methylene Chloride, Tetrachloroethylene, Trichloroethylene
August 26, 1994
Whistleblower and private Proposition 65 enforcer, As You Sow, reached settlement terms with CCL Customer Manufacturing, Inc., a manufacturer of adhesives, paints, primers, coatings, sealers, cleaners, lubricants and other products that AYS alleged contained chemicals listed pursuant to Proposition 65 and known to cause cancer and reproductive harm or birth defects, including...
Adhesives & Supplies, As You Sow, CCL Customer Manufacturing, Inc., Household Products, methylene chloride, Proposition 65, Toluene, trichloroethylene
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