Proposition 65
July 9, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has officially designated hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and cyanide salts (CN salts) as chemicals known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm, effective July 5, 2013. Beginning July 5, 2014, Companies selling or distributing products that contain HCN or CN salts in the State of...
July 5, 2013
Anthony Held, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served twelve 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and clothing accessories for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health...
60 Day Notice, BBP, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DBP, DEHP, Flame retardants, Formaldehyde, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
June 25, 2013
John Moore, a client of The Chanler Group, and Mannington Mills, Inc., a flooring manufacturer, reached a settlement this month, resolving Moore’s allegations that Mannington violated Proposition 65 by offering vinyl sheet flooring containing the phthalate chemical benzyl butyl phthalate (“BBP”) for sale in California without first providing the required...
BBP, Citizen Enforcer, Cy Pres Award, Mannington Mills, Inc., Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Settlement, Silent Spring Institute
June 20, 2013
Yesterday, the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee (“EQ Committee”) revised AB 227, the proposed amendment to Proposition 65 authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto.
While preserving the 14-day cure period for exposures to alcoholic beverages consumed on site, certain foods and beverages prepared on site, tobacco smoke, and engine exhaust in parking...
June 13, 2013
California officials have expressed concerns over some provisions of the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), which was introduced last month in Congress as a series of reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act. A representative of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) stated these concerns in a letter to the Office of California...
June 10, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served eleven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, paint mixer, hand tools, and kitchen tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm,...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
June 7, 2013
Members of the staff of California Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown, Jr. today hosted the third in a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss the Governor’s proposed reforms to Proposition 65. The topic for today’s meeting was revising the lawsuit provisions of Proposition 65, which are codified in California Health and Safety Code...
June 3, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
Tris itself was listed as a Prop. 65 carcinogen in October of 2011 over the objections of the chemical industry. The warning requirement for products containing Tris became effective in October of last year. OEHHA subsequently established a safe harbor level (No Significant Risk Level) for Tris exposure of 5.4 micrograms...
60 Day Notice, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TB-117, TCEP, TDCPP
May 31, 2013
Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served ten 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, greeting cards, medical instrument cases, and hand tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Proposition 65 Warning, Pthalates, TDCPP
May 29, 2013
Assembly Bill 227, an amendment to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly known as Proposition 65), was passed by the California Assembly last Friday and is now headed for the California Senate. If the bill passes the Senate and Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown signs it, it will become law. The bill was...
14-Day Cure, AB 227, California Legislature, Gatto, Gatto Bill, Governor, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposed Amendment, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
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