Professional California Proposition 65 litigants Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc., Center for Environmental Health, Susan Davia, Whitney R. Leeman, Anthony E. Held, and Gabriel Espinosa issued new “60-day” notices in the past few weeks alleging that brands and retailers sold Wallets and Handbags (Notice 1), Backpacks (Notice 1, Notice 2), Accessories…

The Vermont General Assembly’s Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (LCAR) approved the Vermont Department of Health’s Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Product Rule on November 19. Under the law, starting July 1, 2016, companies selling children’s products in Vermont — including children’s fashion accessories — must report to the…

On November 27, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), formally withdrew its January 16, 2015 regulatory proposal to repeal and adopt Article 6 -Clear and Reasonable Warnings under Proposition 65. In its place, OEHHA p…

On November 5, the U.S. House of Representatives approved long-term highway funding legislation without a FASA/Gemini-supported amendment that would have required ports to report key metrics on their operations. The collection of basic uniform data on …

Albany County, NY has extended its stay on enforcement of Albany County Local Law No.1 until February 1, 2016. The law, if enforced, would ban the sale of children’s products, including fashion accessories, in Albany County containing any amount of benzene, lead, mercury, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, and cobalt.    

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Professional California Proposition 65 litigants Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc., Center for Environmental Health, Susan Davia, Whitney R. Leeman, Anthony E. Held, and Gabriel Espinosa issued new “60-day” notices in the past few weeks alleging that brands and retailers sold Backpacks (Notice 1), Accessories (Notice 1, Notice 2, Notice 3), Rainwear…

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Professional New California Proposition 65 litigants Susan Davia, John Moore, Anthony E. Held, and Whitney R. Leeman issued new “60-day” notices in the past few weeks alleging that brands and retailers sold Luggage Tags (Notice 1), Accessories (Notice 1), Rainwear (Notice 1, Notice 2, Gloves (Notice 1, Notice 2, Notice…

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Congress approved and President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 3819, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, which  1) extends through November 20, 2015, authority and funding for the Department of Transportation’s surface transportation programs; and (2) extends the deadline for compliance with positive train control system (PTC) implementation…

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Professional New California Proposition 65 litigant — Whitney R. Leeman — issued new “60-day” notices in the past few weeks alleging that brands and retailers sold Vinyl/ PVC Bags (Notice 1, Notice 2, Notice 3) in California that contained di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in violation of a California law known…

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Congressional Action – On October 1, FASA/Gemini joined dozens of organization in urging Congress to quickly approve long-pending customs re authorization legislation.

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