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Environmental

Mar. 30, 2013

Businesses fear state attorney general is undercutting previous toxics warning law settlement

The state attorney general's office has raised a ruckus with businesses which fear a recent lawsuit could undermine long settled cases over the state's toxics warning law Proposition 65.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When a vitamin supplement maker settled claims a few years ago that it had violated the state's unique toxics warning law, or Proposition 65, the company thought its legal woes were over. But in a move that has unsettled defense attorneys and business groups, the state attorney general is reviving the fight. The office is alleging that, despite the settlement, Threshold Enterprises Ltd. is still violating th...

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