Wozniak Settles with Big Lots Re: Nylon Cooking Utensils

Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with national retail company Big Lots in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Wozniak alleged that Big Lots sold nylon cooking utensils that contained the chemical 4,4'-MDA, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, without the requisite health hazard warning.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Big Lots has agreed to sell only nylon cooking utensils that have been reformulated to be virtually free of 4,4'-MDA.

For more details and to read the settlement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Paul Wozniak v. Big Lots, Inc., et al.

The Chanler Group represents citizen enforcers who, acting in the public interest, commence actions against businesses offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Citizen enforcers bringing Proposition 65 actions in the public interest may obtain a Court Judgment imposing civil penalties, an injunction requiring reformulation of products, and/or provision of health hazard warnings