Cancer
August 29, 2014
Clients Dr. Anthony Held, Dr. Whitney Leeman, Mark Moorberg, Laurence Vinocur, and Paul Wozniak served 28 new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday to companies offering products such as sunscreen, headsets, and gloves for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. These...
August 28, 2014
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Macy's, Inc., Shiseido America Inc., Shiseido Americas Corporation, sunscreen, Toiletries
August 28, 2014
August 28, 2014
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, CCA Industries, Sears Holdings Corporation, sunscreen, Toiletries
August 28, 2014
American Consolidated Manufacturing Co., Inc., Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Nail Care, Nail Systems International, UV Nail Gels
August 28, 2014
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Birth Defects, Cancer, DEHP, Flame retardants, Laurence Vinocur, Legends Furniture, Inc., Phthalates, Residential Furniture, TDCPP
August 28, 2014
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Cosmetics, Johnson & Johnson, Makeup Foundation containing Sunscreen, sunscreen, Toiletries, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Walgreen Co.
August 14, 2014
The Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr. of the Alameda County Superior Court approved and entered the judgment in Vinocur v. Kids II, Inc. on July 31 regarding the alleged presence of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TDCPP) in nursing pillows and activity gyms manufactured, imported, sold, and/or distributed for sale in California by Kids II. TDCPP is a flame retardant...
Cancer, Children's Furniture, Citizen Enforcer, Flame retardants, Kids II, Inc., Laurence Vinocur, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
August 7, 2014
Our client Dr. Anthony Held filed a complaint against L’Oreal USA, Inc. yesterday in Marin County Superior Court alleging that benzophenone is present in sunscreens manufactured, distributed, and offered for sale or use to consumers throughout the State of California, without the requisite health hazard warnings.
Benzophenone is a chemical known to the State of...
Anthony E. Held, Benzophenone, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Complaints, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, sunscreen
August 21, 2014
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) introduced a new Senate bill last month, S2572, or the Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014.
S2572, if enacted, would not only ban food containers that contain Bisphenol A (BPA) but would also prohibit replacing BPA with similar carcinogenic or toxic chemicals. It would...
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