Proposition 65
July 31, 2012
In early July 2012, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of TCG, began issuing Proposition 65 notices to restaurants and resorts selling flame-cooked burgers containing chemicals known to cause cancer. These efforts are a continuation of Dr. Leeman's ongoing work, which she commenced more than seven years ago, to reduce or eliminate toxins in flame-cooked burgers.
It was in late...
Carcinogens, flame-cooked meat, food, P65, PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Prop 65 / Environment, Proposition 65
July 25, 2012
On July 25 2012, in a case brought by Dr. Anthony Held, a client of TCG, involving allegations of phthalates in pedicure and manicure kits, the Marin County Superior Court denied Defendant Kiss Nail's motion for summary judgment, finding that Kiss's scientific expert failed to provide an evidentiary basis for his opinion.
At the same hearing, Dr. Held obtained further...
Cosmetic Cases/Bags, Manicure Kits, Pedicure Kits, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm, Travel Cases
October 15, 2001
Excerpted from the full article at Forbes:
Clever moneymaking scheme: Visit any doctor or dentist in California. If you don't see signs warning you that the physician is using potentially harmful chemicals as defined by the state's Proposition 65 (e.g., mercury fillings), haul him into court and demand $2,500 for each day he didn't post the warnings. You get 25% of...
July 29, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added emissions from the combustion of coal to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, effective August 7, 2013.
This designation is based on formal identification by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is an authoritative body under OEHHA...
Center for Environmental Health, Chemical List, Coal, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65
August 20, 1993
Maybelline, Christian Dior, Elizabeth Arden, and Chesebrough-Ponds' Cutex have reached a settlement in As You Sow's lawsuit claiming violation of Proposition 65. The four major nail polish manufacturers, along with 22 other manufacturers who have settled with As You Sow, agreed to stop manufacturing and selling any products in California containing toluene, which is...
August 10, 1993
Rust-Oleum Corp, an Illinois paint manufacturer, has reached a settlement with As You Sow in response to allegations of inadequate warning of toluene in paint products under Proposition 65. Rust-Oleum agreed to supply warning labels to products still on the shelves. As You Sow sent 60-day notices of Proposition 65 violations to more than 40 paint and adhesives companies...
May 17, 1993
Six companies have settled with As You Sow in lawsuits alleging violations of Proposition 65. The action alleges that under Proposition 65 both consumers and manicurists have a right to know the risks and side effects of toluene to pregnant women using nail polish containing the chemical. The settlement provides that Nutress Laboratories, Gar Labs, Gens Labs, Nails 2000,...
April 2, 1992
Eight months after quitting big-firm law, Clifford Chanler is making his mark as outside counsel for environmentalists.
If the creators of Shannon’s Deal – the defunct television show about a big-firm attorney who chucks it all to champion the little guy – wanted to revive the series with a 1990’s environmentally-correct twist, they might consider...
March 25, 1992
In a series of lawsuits brought under Proposition 65, three paint stripper manufacturing companies were forced to warn customers of the potential cancer risk of the toxic chemicals used in their production or to stop distributing the products in California. The multitude of lawsuits against violating manufacturers have resulted in the removal of methylene chloride and the...
March 16, 1992
Environmentalists have forced four companies to pull a line of paint strippers that contain a carcinogen. Critics say they are pushing the state’s toxics-control law beyond its intended uses.
In a display of Proposition 65’s power, four companies have agreed to pull a line of carcinogen-containing paint strippers out of California rather than face prosecution by...
Cliff Chanler, environmental defense fund, paint stripper, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
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