Proposition 65
May 28, 2013
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...
Cancer, Children, Flame retardants, Furniture, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, TDCPP
May 24, 2013
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...
May 21, 2013
In a study released this month by the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public Health, 32 lip products used by young Asian women in Oakland, California were tested in order to assess the potential health risks associated with ingesting, or swallowing, small amounts of the products. The study found that the tested products contained titanium and...
May 20, 2013
Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur--three clients of The Chanler Group--served ten 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last Friday, May 17. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture and hand tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, PAHs, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TDCPP
May 17, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has granted the Attorney General's request to dismiss a complaint by three clients of The Chanler Group arguing that the AG's regulation requiring Proposition 65 private plaintiffs to serve the AG with a proposed settlement at least 45 days prior to the motion to approve the...
May 17, 2013
A San Francisco Superior Court judge recently ruled that dietary supplements are “food,” which may exempt the manufacturers from having to provide health hazard warnings for their products that contain chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm under Proposition 65.
In 2008, citizen enforcer Stephen Gillett brought a case against supplement...
May 16, 2013
California Attorney General Kamala Harris recently filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Target, and other food retailers, alleging that they were selling lead-tainted ginger and plum candies and other food products without the health hazard warning required by California law, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Under Proposition 65, companies selling...
California Attorney General, Lead, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods
May 10, 2013
Cliff Chanler, the founder of The Chanler Group, was featured in Bay Area TV station KTVU’s news report about a possible overhaul of Proposition 65.
Proposition 65, or The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires businesses that offer products for sale in California to provide health hazard warnings if the products contain chemicals known to...
May 10, 2013
Cliff Chanler, the founder of The Chanler Group, was featured in Bay Area TV station KTVU’s news report about a possible overhaul of Proposition 65.
California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto recently introduced Assembly Bill 227 (“AB 227”), a bill aimed at providing certain small businesses allegedly in violation of Proposition 65 a 14-day “cure...
May 8, 2013
Excerpted from full article at KQED:
In 2011, the most recent year listed on the attorney general's website, attorneys reached settlements with business owners in 338 cases alleging Proposition 65 infringement, resulting in just under $12 million in attorneys fees. Sixty-one of those cases were filed by one man, Russell Brimer, a client of the Chanler Group,...
AB 227, California, Gatto, Gatto Bill, Governor, Jerry Brown, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
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