Prop 65 / Environment
January 2, 2013
On January 2, 2013, Peter Englandar, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of eight new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates and the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning. The products include padded...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Flame retardants, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate ("TDCPP")
December 28, 2012
On December 28, 2012, Russell Brimer and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of six new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates, lead, and the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning. The products include vinyl/PVC audio...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, PVC, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate ("TDCPP"), Vinyl
December 21, 2012
On December 20 and 21, 2012, Russell Brimer, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of 17 new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates and food coloring containing 4 methylimidazole (4-MEI) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning. The products include various products...
4-MEI, 4-Methylimidazole, 60 Day Notice, caramel color, coloring, Current Pursuits, DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Food Extracts, Phthalates, Proposition 65, PVC, Vinyl
December 13, 2012
The Chanler Group's senior paralegal and nine of its attorneys attended Project Open Hand's 21st Annual Hand-to-Hand Luncheon, supporting its charitable mission of providing nutritious meals and groceries to people with symptomatic HIV/AIDS or breast cancer, homebound or critically ill people, and seniors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chanler Group attorneys...
December 3, 2012
In March 2012, the Center for Science in the Public Interest reported that lab tests showed Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi contained high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. 4-MEI is used in the manufacture of caramel coloring, giving these cola beverages their distinctive brown colors, and added...
4-MEI, 4-Methylimidazole, Cancer, caramel color, extracts, flavor, food, Food Coloring, Proposition 65, sodas
November 21, 2012
On November 21, 2012, Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of 28 new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing lead (Pb) and/or phthalates (DEHP, DBP) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning. The products include baseballs, beer mugs, baskets, hand tools, stools...
August 1, 2013
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Attorneys General from eight other states sent a letter to Congress earlier this week to voice their opposition to the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), or S.1009, in its current form. The CSIA was proposed last month as an amendment to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
The Attorneys General wrote to...
AG, Attorney General, California Attorney General, Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013, CSIA, Proposition 65
November 15, 2012
On November 15, 2012, Peter Englander, a TCG client, obtained approval of a first-of-its-kind settlement with Accoutrements, a seller of bandages and other products, in which Accoutrements agreed to reformulate its plastic adhesive bandages to be free of phthalates, chemicals known to cause reproductive harm. While Accoutrements has agreed to pay civil penalties under...
October 30, 2012
In her ongoing efforts to protect the public in California against exposure to carcinogenic chemicals found in flame-cooked hamburgers, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, has recently issued a dozen new 60-Day notices for restaurants and stores that serve flame-cooked burgers found to contain such chemicals. Dr. Leeman expects to serve additional notices to...
Cancer, Carcinogens, flame grilled, hamburgers, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Proposition 65
October 23, 2012
On October 23, 2012, a court approved a ground-breaking settlement involving garden tools, hand tools, and kitchen utensils in a case brought by Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, and John Moore, clients of TCG. Sixteen consumer manufacturers have agreed to reformulate the grips on the tools and utensils to eliminate the presence of certain chemicals known to cause reproductive...
BBP, DBP, DEHP, Garden Tools, grips, Hand Tools, Kitchen Utensils, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm
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