Prop 65 / Environment
October 2, 2012
On October 2, 2012, Dr. Anthony Held, a TCG client, obtained approval of an unparalleled settlement with manufacturers of Halloween costumes, accessories, and décor. Through the settlement manufacturers have agreed to reformulate their products to virtually eliminate the presence of seven chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm including: arsenic, cadmium,...
Arsenic, BBP, Cadmium, Cancer, DBP, DEHP, Formaldehyde, Halloween, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm
September 27, 2012
On September 27, 2012, having previously approved an unprecedented settlement obtained by TCG clients Dr. Anthony Held and John Moore from more than 100 manufacturers, distributers, and retailers of fashion accessories, the San Francisco Superior Court approved the plaintiffs' recovery of $2.3 million in attorneys' fees after finding the amount was reasonable under...
August 30, 2012
Does the California Attorney General's Office have the power to unilaterally rewrite state law to require that Proposition 65 plaintiffs provide a whopping 45 days' notice for motions to approve settlements, instead of the statutorily allowed 16 days' notice? Dr. Anthony Held, Russell Brimer, and John Moore, clients of TCG, have challenged the Attorney General'...
August 10, 2012
Beginning in late-2005, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, began investigating risks to human health from cancer-causing chemicals found in flame-cooked hamburgers sold in restaurants. When meat is cooked over an open flame, chemicals called polycyclic—pronounced polly ∙ sigh ∙ click—aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs for short, are formed. ...
Carcinogens, contempt, flame-cooked meat, food, P65, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Prop 65 / Environment, Proposition 65
July 31, 2012
In early July 2012, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of TCG, began issuing Proposition 65 notices to restaurants and resorts selling flame-cooked burgers containing chemicals known to cause cancer. These efforts are a continuation of Dr. Leeman's ongoing work, which she commenced more than seven years ago, to reduce or eliminate toxins in flame-cooked burgers.
It was in late...
Carcinogens, flame-cooked meat, food, P65, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Prop 65 / Environment, Proposition 65
July 25, 2012
On July 25 2012, in a case brought by Dr. Anthony Held, a client of TCG, involving allegations of phthalates in pedicure and manicure kits, the Marin County Superior Court denied Defendant Kiss Nail's motion for summary judgment, finding that Kiss's scientific expert failed to provide an evidentiary basis for his opinion.
At the same hearing, Dr. Held obtained further...
Cosmetic Cases/Bags, Manicure Kits, Pedicure Kits, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm, Travel Cases
July 29, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added emissions from the combustion of coal to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, effective August 7, 2013.
This designation is based on formal identification by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is an authoritative body under OEHHA...
Center for Environmental Health, Chemical List, Coal, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65
Aldo, Cadmium, California Attorney General, California District Attorney, California Health and Safety Code sections 25249.5 25249.13, Cancer, Children’s products, Chromium, Chromium in auto paints, Civil fines, Civil penalties, Coca-Cola, Corning, Distributor of consumer products, Dr. Pepper, Groups acting in the public interest, Hazardous chemicals, Importers of consumer products, Kate Spade, Lead, Lead in dishware, Lead In glass soda bottles, Lead in grips of hand tools, Lead in utensils, Mandated warnings, Manufacturer of consumer products, Maximum Allowable Dose, Maybelline, Inc., Mikasa, Inc., Nine West, No Significant Risk Level, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Opt-in Settlements, Pepsi, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm, Retailer of Consumer Products, Revlon, Right to know law, Safe Harbor Levels, State of California, Superior Court of California, The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Toluene in nail polish, Wedgewood
Aldo, Cadmium, California Attorney General, California District Attorney, California Health and Safety Code sections 25249.5 25249.13, Cancer, Children’s products, Chromium, Chromium in auto paints, Civil fines, Civil penalties, Coca-Cola, Corning, Distributor of consumer products, Dr. Pepper, Groups acting in the public interest, Hazardous chemicals, Importers of consumer products, Kate Spade, Lead, Lead in dishware, Lead In glass soda bottles, Lead in grips of hand tools, Lead in utensils, Mandated warnings, Manufacturer of consumer products, Maximum Allowable Dose, Maybelline, Inc., Mikasa, Inc., Nine West, No Significant Risk Level, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Opt-in Settlements, Pepsi, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm, Retailer of Consumer Products, Revlon, Right to know law, Safe Harbor Levels, State of California, Superior Court of California, The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Toluene in nail polish, Wedgewood
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