Proposition 65
March 26, 2018
John Moore and Laurence Vinocur have issued over 20 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as decorated tableware, pet carriers, and greenhouse covers in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Moore and Vinocur allege that the...
February 23, 2018
On February 23, 2018, citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling party Novelty Inc. (“Novelty”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Englander had alleged that Novelty sold car chargers with vinyl/PVC components containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Novelty Inc., Out-of-Court Settlement, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Warnings, Whistleblower
February 2, 2018
The parties involved in the case Leeman v. R.C. Bigelow, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on February 2, 2018. In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. alleged that R.C. Bigelow, Inc. (“R.C. Bigelow”) sold dried teas containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. ...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Dried Teas, Lead, Proposition 65, R.C. Bigelow, Inc., Reformulation, Warnings, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
February 3, 2018
The parties involved in the case Leeman v. Hain Celestial Group, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on February 3, 2018. In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. alleged that Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (“Hain Celestial”) sold dried teas containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Dried Teas, Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Lead, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Warnings, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
February 15, 2018
On February 15, 2018, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E., and settling party Art Supply Enterprises, Inc. (“Art Supply”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Held had alleged that Art Supply sold vinyl/PVC cutting mats containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
Anthony E. Held, Art Supply Enterprises, Inc., Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Out-of-Court Settlement, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Vinyl/PVC Cutting Mats, Whistleblower
February 9, 2018
On February 9, 2018, citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling party Prima Marketing Inc. (“Prima Marketing”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Englander had alleged that Prima Marketing sold cuffs or bracelets containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Lead, Out-of-Court Settlement, Peter Englander, Phthalates, Prima Marketing Inc., Proposition 65, Reformulation, Whistleblower
February 27, 2018
John Moore and Laurence Vinocur have issued over new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as decorated tableware, fidget spinners, and rain gauges in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning. Moore and Vinocur allege that the...
60-Day Notice, DEHP, John Moore, Laurence Vinocur, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
February 14, 2018
TCG client Peter Englander has filed a lawsuit in Marin County Superior Court against The Home Depot, Inc., alleging that Home Depot manufactured, distributed, and sold vinyl/PVC toilet seats to consumers in California without warning them that the toilet seats exposed them to the phthalate chemical DEHP. DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and...
Complaints, DEHP, Peter Englander, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, The Home Depot, Inc., Vinyl/PVC Toilet Seats
January 30, 2018
On January 30, 2018, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur and settling party Homecare Prodcuts, Inc. (“Homecare”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Vinocur had alleged that Homecare sold bathing products containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) and diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of...
bathing products, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Homecare Products, Inc., Laurence Vinocur, Out-of-Court Settlement, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Warnings, Whistleblower
January 29, 2018
On January 29, 2018, citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak and settling party Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (“BB&B”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Wozniak had alleged that BB&B sold tools with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite...
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc., Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Out-of-Court Settlement, Paul Wozniak, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Warnings, Whistleblower
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