As You Sow v. The Carboline Company, et al.

In 1995, the Superior Court of California in and for the county of San Francisco entered a Consent Judgment in As You Sow v. The Carboline Company, et al., which resolved private enforcer As You Sow's allegations that the defendant Carboline sold certain paints and solvent products containing toluene in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Carboline agreed, as of April 1, 1996, that it would not ship (or cause to be shipped) products containing Proposition 65 chemicals for sale or use in the State of California unless such products bore a Proposition 65 health hazard warning in compliance with section 1 of the Agreement.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $20,000, divided therein between restitution payments made to Bike Aid, a project promoting education and information on issues concerning toxic chemical reduction and appropriate technology, and Citizens for a Better Environment, a non-profit group dedicated to pollution prevention and raising public awareness regarding the dangers of habitat contamination, and a cost payment as compensation to whistleblower As You Sow for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.