Over 70 Companies Certify to Chanler Group That Products Are Free of Toxic Flame Retardants BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 70 furniture manufacturers have certified to The Chanler Group, an environmental law firm based in Berkeley, Calif., that their products sold in California have been reformulated to remove detectable amounts of the carcinogenic flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP). These certifications encompass a wide range of home and office furniture, including office chairs, ottomans, high chairs, and car seats.
"Our clients don't want the manufacturers to just pay a monetary penalty and go back to doing what they were doing," said Josh Voorhees, managing attorney at The Chanler Group. "We want to instigate concrete change to the environment. We want these chemicals out of consumer products." Under Proposition 65, California's right-to-know toxics law, companies selling products containing toxic chemicals must notify consumers that the product contains a chemical that may increase their risk of cancer or reproductive harm. Last year, The Chanler Group's clients brought enforcement actions against dozens of furniture manufacturers for