Proposition 65 Warning

Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 15 more 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 violation against tea distributors, including Yamamoto of Orient, Eden Foods, and International Coffee & Tea.  Dr. Leeman alleges that the companies sold dried teas in California that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning.  Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm.

See our most recent 60-Day Notices.

Laurence Vinocur has issued over a dozen new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as gloves with vinyl/PVC components, mugs with exterior designs, and hand tools in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Vinocur alleges that the companies’ products contain the phthalate chemical DEHP, the phthalate chemical DINP, the flame retardant chemical TDCPP, and/or the heavy metal lead, which are known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm.  Noticed companies include Smart & Final Stores, Nordstrom, and Honeywell Enterprses.

See our most recent 60-Day Notices

Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 to companies offering dried tea, both loose leaf and in bags, that were found to contain the heavy metal lead, without the requisite health hazard warning.  Lead is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm.  The noticed companies include Teavana, Numi, and DavidsTea.

See our most recent 60-Day Notices.

Citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against Korres USA Ltd., LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton, and Sephora, alleging that the defendants violated Proposition 65 by not providing health hazard warnings to consumers that a certain product contained benzophenone.  Benzophenone is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and companies offering products for sale in California that contain benzophenone are required to provide consumers with a "clear and reasonable" warning of the risk of exposure.

In addition to civil penalties, Dr. Held seeks an injunction to prohibit the defendants from selling the sunscreen in California without a Proposition 65 warning.

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.

TCG client Dr. Anthony E. Held has negotiated a settlement with Trimaco regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Held alleged that Trimaco sold vinyl/PVC gloves that contained the phthalate chemical DINP, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, without the requisite health hazard warning.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Trimaco has agreed to reformulate its gloves sold in California to be free of DINP.

For more details and to read the settlement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Held v. Trimaco, LLC

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.