The San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment on August 30, 2000, resolving citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro’s allegations that Western-Hoegee and 78 other defendants manufactured, distributed, or sold fishing tackle products containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite Proposition 65 health hazard...
Anthony Held and John Moore--clients of The Chanler Group--served seven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last week. The notices were served to companies offering products such as pillows, hand tools, and sports equipment for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. TCG...
On July 12, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) proposed a limit for arsenic in apple juice. The FDA’s proposal comes nearly two years after concerns about the juice were first raised during a segment of “The Dr. Oz Show.”
The new proposed standard for arsenic, a carcinogen, is 10 parts per billion (“ppb”). The...
Recently, chemicals intended to prevent fires such as brominated flame retardants (PBDEs and others) and chlorinated Tris (TDCPP, TCEP, and others) have been shown to cause cancer, disrupt human thyroid function, and pose other potential health hazards. These chemicals are commonly present in furniture and electronics in order to meet fire safety laws. However, when...
Earlier this month, Environmental Health Perspectives, a National Institutes of Health journal, reported on two studies showing that exposure to the carcinogenic flame retardant TDCPP, commonly referred to as chlorinated tris, may be widespread.
TDCPP is a flame retardant widely used in polyurethane foam padding in furniture and automobiles. A recent survey found that...
Effective May 24, 2013, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has designated clomiphene citrate a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. Companies offering products for sale in California that expose consumers to clomiphene citrate will first have to provide health hazard warnings. Businesses have one year...
Excerpted from full article at mfrtech.com:
On behalf of its clients, The Chanler Group has also filed lawsuits against nine major manufacturers and retailers, demanding action be taken to properly label their products in compliance with California's Proposition 65. The lawsuits come after previously served Sixty-Day Notices of Violation expired without being enforced by...
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
Proposition 65 legal firm The Chanler Group says it plans to publish a list of furniture manufacturers that have come up "clean" in testing for toxic flame retardants.
The Chanler Group has served more than 100 sixty-day notices of violation on furniture manufacturers alleging the presence of the flame retardant...
Excerpted from the full article at the Environmental Leader:
OfficeMax, Ross Stores and Kinwai USA are among the nine manufacturers and retailers that law firm The Chanler Group is suing under California’s Proposition 65. The group has also served more than 100 violation notices on leading furniture manufacturers and retailers,...
Last month, Peter Englander, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, commenced Proposition 65 private enforcement actions against manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of upholstered furniture, alleging that the products offered for sale by these entities contain the flame retardant TDCPP, chemicals known to the State of California to...
