Hand Tools
February 26, 2018
On February 26, 2018, citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling party World and Main (Cranbury), LLC (“World and Main”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Englander had alleged that World and Main sold vinyl/PVC hoses, electrical components and accessories, flashlights, hand tools, household hardware accessories, household plumbing accessories,...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Electrical Components and Accessories, Flashlights, Hand Tools, Household Hardware Accessories, household plumbing accessories, Out-of-Court Settlement, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Tape Measures, Vinyl/PVC Hoses, Warnings, Whistleblower, World and Main (Cranbury), LLC
February 14, 2018
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Birth Defects, DBP, DEHP, Electrical Components and Accessories, Flashlights, Hand Tools, Household Hardware Accessories, Lead, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Vinyl/PVC Shower Hoses, World and Main (Cranbury), LLC
June 11, 2010
On June 11, 2010, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. ACCO Brands Corporation, et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Kole Imports ("Kole") sold vinyl coated paper fasteners, vinyl coated measuring tapes, and vinyl coated craft wire containing the heavy metal lead in...
Anthony E. Held, Craft & Hobby Tools, Hand Tools, Kole Imports, Lead, Proposition 65, Stationary & Office Fasteners
September 22, 2016
The parties involved in the case Leeman v. Plews, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on September 22, 2016. In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., P.E. alleged that Plews, Inc. (“Plews”) sold tools with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Hand Tools, Phthalates, Plews, Inc., Proposition 65, Reformulation, Tools with Vinyl/PVC Grips, Warnings, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
April 22, 2016
The parties involved in the case Leeman v. Lisle Corporation executed a Consent Judgment on April 22, 2016. In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. alleged that Lisle Corporation (“Lisle”) sold tools with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Consent Judgment, Hand Tools, Lisle Corporation, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulationm Civil Penalties, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
August 17, 2015
On August 17, 2015 citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party Dorman Products, Inc. (“Dorman”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Moore had alleged that Dorman sold hardware accessories and hand tools containing the heavy metal lead and the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Dorman Products, Inc., Hand Tools, hardware accessories, Lead, Moore, Out-of-Court Settlement, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Warnings, Whistleblower
August 11, 2015
Anthony E. Held and Whitney R. Leeman issued six new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 yesterday, to companies offering hand tools 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 citizen enforcers allege that the companies’ products contain the...
60 Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Cancer, Current Pursuits, DINP, Hand Tools, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
April 10, 2015
Dr. Whitney Leeman has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court alleging that Office Depot violated Proposition 65 by selling tools containing the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning. DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires companies offering...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Complaints, DEHP, Hand Tools, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Whitney R. Leeman
March 13, 2015
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Allway Tools, Inc., Birth Defects, Clips with Vinyl/PVC Grips, DEHP, Hand Tools, Paul Wozniak, Phthalates, Tools with Vinyl/PVC Grips
March 6, 2015
Our client Paul Wozniak has reached a settlement agreement with Johnson Outdoors Gear, Inc. in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Wozniak alleged that Johnson Outdoors Gear sold hand tools that contained the heavy metal lead without providing consumers with the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is a chemical known to the State of California to...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Hand Tools, Johnson Outdoors Gear, Lead, Paul Wozniak, Proposition 65, settlements
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