Cancer
May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015
Anthony E. Held, Cancer, DINP, Fiber Fix USA LLC, Phthalates, The Home Depot, Inc., Vinyl/PVC Gloves
May 21, 2015
May 18, 2015
Vinocur has successfully negotiated a settlement with Ross Acquisition regarding alleged Proposition 65 violations. Earlier this year, Vinocur filed a complaint against Ross alleging that Ross sold mugs with exterior decorations containing the heavy metal lead, without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is a chemical known to the State of California to cause...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Ross Acquisition Co., settlements, Vinocur
May 15, 2015
Dr. Anthony Held has negotiated a settlement with Dynarex Corporation regarding alleged Proposition 65 violations. Held alleged that Dynarex’s vinyl/PVC gloves contained DINP, a phthalate chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and that Dynarex failed to provide consumers with the requisite a health hazard warning.
In addition to civil penalties...
Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, DINP, Dynarex Corporation, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, settlements, Vinyl/PVC Gloves
May 14, 2015
The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. CORT Business Services Corporation executed a Consent Judgment on May 14, 2015. In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that CORT Business Services Corporation (“CORT”) sold upholstered furniture with foam padding containing tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (“TDCPP”) in the State of...
Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, CORT Business Services Corporation, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, TDCPP, upholstered furniture with foam padding, Vinocur, Whistleblower
May 8, 2015
Baby’s Dream has initiated a recall of its full-size cribs, furniture, and accessories sold in a vintage gray paint finish that was found to exceed federal lead limits. The recall includes furniture in the Brie, Braxton, Heritage, Everything Nice, and Legendary collections that were manufactured in Chile between March 2014 and March 2015. The furniture was...
May 4, 2015
Laurence Vinocur has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against Ross Acquisition Co. alleging Proposition 65 violations regarding the presence of lead found on mugs with exterior designs sold in the State of California. Lead is a chemical known to the State to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or reproductive harm, and under Proposition 65 law companies...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Complaints, Laurence Vinocur, Lead, Proposition 65, Ross Acquisition Co.
April 30, 2015
Citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E. and settling party Marukai Corporation (“Marukai”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement on April 30, 2015. Held had alleged that Marukai sold dried hijiki-varietal seaweed containing the chemical arsenic in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the...
Anthony E. Held, Arsenic, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, dried hijiki seaweed, Marukai Corporation, Out-of-Court Settlement, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Whistleblower
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