Wallets
October 5, 2014
Whistleblower Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Rico Industries, Inc. (“Rico”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on October 5, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Rico sold wallets with vinyl/PVC identification card holders and inserts containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the...
Anthony E. Held, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Fashion Accessories, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Rico Industries, Inc., Wallets, Whistleblower
March 7, 2012
The Honorable Roy O. Chernus of the Marin County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Held et al. v. Alticor, Inc., et al., on March 7, 2012. This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations that eighteen defendants sold products containing phthalate...
Aaron Brothers, Inc., Anthony E. Held, Aprons, bag charms, BBP, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, coverings for mobile electronic devices, craft tools, DBP, décor items, DEHP, Eyeglass cases, Footwear, Gloves, Handbags, Luggage Tags, Michaels Stores, Inc., Moore, photo albums, Proposition 65, Reformulation, stickers, storage containers, suction cups, travel accessories, vendor notification, vinyl placemats, Wallets, Whistleblower
March 7, 2012
The Honorable Roy O. Chernus of the Marin County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Held et al. v. Alticor, Inc., et al., on March 7, 2012. This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations that eighteen defendants sold products containing phthalate...
Anthony E. Held, Apparel, BBP, Belts, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DBP, DEHP, Footwear, Handbags, J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., Jewelry, Moore, Proposition 65, Reformulation, tub & sink mats, vendor notification, Wallets, Whistleblower
January 24, 2013
The parties executed a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Visual Horizons Inc. on January 24, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations that the defendant Visual Horizons, Inc. (“Visual Horizons”) sold plastic/vinyl/PVC checkbook covers containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
Apparel and Fashion Accessories, Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Proposition 65, Russell Brimer, Visual Horizons, Wallets, Whistleblower
In recent years, The Chanler Group's clients have investigated and tested numerous types of apparel and fashion accessories for phthalate chemicals and lead. Products such as jewelry, bags, totes, wallets, belts, footwear, Halloween costumes, and key chains have tested positive for lead, di(2 ethylhexyl) phthalate (“DEHP”), butyl benzyl phthalate (“...
Aldo, Almar Sales Co., Inc., Apparel, Arsenic, Attention problems, Bags, Behavioral problems, Belts, Butyl benzyl phthalate ("BBP"), Cadmium, Developmental problems, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Diminished intellectual ability, Fashion Accessories, Fashion companies, Footwear, Formaldehyde, Halloween costumes, Hand-to-mouth activity, Jewelry, Key chains, Lead, Lead poisoning, Learning disabilities, Neurotoxin, Phthalates, Plasticizers, Proposition 65 Warning, Settlement, Short term memory loss, Totes, Wallets
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