Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
The Swedish-based furniture giant Ikea has reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit alleging violations of California's Prop 65.
The lawsuit, brought by the Chanler Group, a law firm specializing in Prop 65 litigation, accused Ikea of selling changing pads which contained the chemical tris(1,3-dichloro-...
Laurence Vinocur, a client of The Chanler Group, and IKEA Holding US, Inc. and IKEA North America Services, LLC, reached a settlement this month, resolving Vinocur’s allegations that IKEA violated Proposition 65 by offering changing pads containing the flame retardant chemical (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) for sale in California without first...
Excerpted from full article at San Francisco Chronicle:
More than 30 furniture companies, including Ikea, J.C. Penney and Kmart, have agreed to settle for a total of $2.3 million in civil penalties after a Berkeley watchdog group alleged they sold furniture with high amounts of flame retardants in violation of California's Proposition 65.
The Chanler Group, a law...