Cancer
June 29, 2015
Anthony Held and Mark Moorberg issued 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 last week, to companies offering products such as sunscreen, tumblers with exterior designs and vinyl/PVC cutting mats for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. These...
60 Day Notice, Benzophenone, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015
4,4’-MDA, Acme International Enterprises, Inc., Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Cancer, Nylon Cooking Utensils, Paul Wozniak
June 26, 2015
Northern Tool + Equipment has issued a recall for the Little Digger Toy, a stationary scooper toy with moveable poles and a red painted steel frame that turns out to contain levels of lead in excess of federal law. The toy was sold from August 2014 through June 2015 under the Wel-Bilt Brand.
Consumers are urged to immediately stop using the toy, put it out of the reach...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSC, Lead, Proposition 65, Recalls
June 5, 2015
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant CRI 2000, L.P. (“CRI”) were resolved on June 5, 2015, when the parties entered into an out-of-court settlement. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that CRI sold tent fabrics containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) in the State of California...
Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, CRI 2000, L.P., Out-of-Court Settlement, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, TDCPP, tent fabrics, Tris, Vinocur, Whistleblower
June 5, 2015
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has appealed a California court decision to refuse the reversal of the designation of the phthalate DINP as a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, according to ChemicalWatch. The ACC contends that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that DINP causes cancer in humans.
Under Proposition 65 law, companies...
American Chemistry Council, Cancer, DINP, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Phthalates, Proposition 65
June 3, 2015
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Benzophenone, Birth Defects, Cancer, Color Correcting Cream Makeup containing Sunscreen, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc., DEHP, Laura Geller Beauty, LLC, Laurence Vinocur, Ulta Salon, Vinyl/PVC Cosmetic Bag Hand Straps
June 3, 2015
May 21, 2015
On May 21, 2015 the parties involved in the case Wozniak v. 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak alleged that 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC (“99 Cents”) sold nylon cooking utensils that contained the chemical 4,4’-Methylenedianiline (“4,4’-MDA”) in the State of California...
4,4’-MDA, 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Nylon Cooking Utensils, Paul Wozniak, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Whistleblower
May 22, 2015
Anthony Held, Whitney Leeman, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur collectively issued 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 yesterday, to companies offering products such as hand tools, spoon rests, and gloves for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. ...
60 Day Notice, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, DINP, Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
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