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Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Are Personal Care Products in for a New Round of California Proposition 65 and UCL Actions Alleging Exposure to Formaldehyde and 1,4-Dioxane?
By Thomas Woods
Earlier this month, a consumer watchdog group published a document arguing that certain bath products continue to contain a preservative that includes formaldehyde and possibly 1,4-Dioxane. This same organization filed…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Alleged Lead in Brass Hand Rails: Emerging Prop 65 Trend?
Several experienced Proposition 65 plaintiffs filed a high-profile Proposition 65 lawsuit in October regarding alleged lead at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. The lawsuit alleged that various locations in Disneyland…
Food Liability Law
SULFUR DIOXIDE LISTED AS A PROP 65 CHEMICAL
By Lee Smith
Sulfur dioxide was recently added as a Proposition 65 chemical that could require warnings to consumers and employees as a chemical that may cause reproductive effects. The listing of sulfur…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Sulfur Dioxide Added to Prop 65 Could Have Broad Range of Impacts
By Lee Smith
Effective July 29, 2011 the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added sulfur dioxide (CAS. No. 7446-090-05) to the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the state…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Coffee Brewers and Servers Sued Under Prop 65
By Lee Smith
As we foreshadowed with our blog regarding 60 day notices, the Committee for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) filed a Proposition 65 enforcement action alleging that ready-to-brew coffee exposes…
Food Liability Law
Prop 65 Targets Cooked Food, Coffee and Vitamin Supplements
By Kenneth Odza
This blog entry was originally written by Lee Smith from the California Environmental Law Blog. The Industry Acrylamide Coalition (Coalition) filed suit against the State of California Office of Environmental…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Prop 65 Targets Cooked Food, Coffee and Vitamin Supplements
By Lee Smith
The Industry Acrylamide Coalition (Coalition) filed suit against the State of California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency that manages and revised the Prop 65 list to…
Drug & Device Law
Tuna That Tastes Good: Tri-Union Seafoods
By Bexis
We don't do food; we do drugs. (Does that sound bad?)We veered off into food to read The People ex rel. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. v. Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, No.…
Food Liability Law
California Appeals Court: No Mercury Warnings Required on Canned Tuna
The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District has upheld a trial court ruling that canned tuna sold in California need not warn consumers about methylmercury. In…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Halloween: Dangerous Candy—Beware
In 2001, a group of concerned parents in Southern California noticed that a certain lollipop popular in their community markets was recalled due to high levels of lead. They approached…