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PROPOSITION 65

CLEAR AND REASONABLE WARNINGS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR BUSINESSES

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

California Environmental Protection Agency

Revised August 2017

Contents

Modified Article 6 Clear and Reasonable Warnings ....................................................................... 2

Subarticle 1. General .............................................................................................................................. 3

Responsibility to Provide Warnings ..................................................................................................... 4

Subarticle 2. Safe Harbor Methods and Content ............................................................................ 5

Consumer Product Exposure Warning Methods ............................................................................... 6

Internet and Catalog Warnings ........................................................................................................ 7

Consumer Product Exposure Warning Content ................................................................................ 8

Warning Symbol ................................................................................................................................. 8

Type Size ............................................................................................................................................. 8

Chemical Names ................................................................................................................................ 9

On-Product (“Short-Form”) Warnings .............................................................................................. 9

Warnings in Languages Other Than English ............................................................................... 10

Environmental Exposure Warning Methods ..................................................................................... 11

Environmental Exposure Warning Content ...................................................................................... 12

Occupational Exposure Warnings ..................................................................................................... 13

The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as Proposition 65, codified at

Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq. Hereafter referred to as “Proposition 65” or “the Act”.

Summary of content (13 pages)

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PROPOSITION 651 CLEAR AND REASONABLE WARNINGS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR BUSINESSES Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment California Environmental Protection Agency Revised August 2017 Contents Modified Article 6 Clear and Reasonable Warnings ....................................................................... 2 Subarticle 1. General..............................................................................................................................
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Modified Article 6 Clear and Reasonable Warnings Q1: Has the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued new regulations concerning the provision of warnings? Yes, in August 2016 OEHHA adopted amended regulations for the provision of “clear and reasonable” Proposition 65 warnings in Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25600, et seq.
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Subarticle 1. General Q4: When do the new regulations take effect? To allow for a reasonable transition period for businesses to begin providing warnings under the new regulatory provisions, businesses can use either the September 2008 or new regulations until August 30, 2018, at which time the new regulations will become operative and the September 2008 regulations will no longer be available as a safe harbor compliance option.
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Q9: Can a product that is similar to one covered by a court-approved warning use the court-approved warning instead of the new warning in the regulation? The new regulations do not prohibit a business that is not a party to a settlement from using warning methods and content incorporated into the settlement. However, if the warning methods or content differ from those in the regulations, the business would not be able to claim safe harbor protection.
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appropriate actions to ensure that the warning is passed along to the retailer and ultimately to the consumer. How that is done will vary from situation to situation. A manufacturer or producer may choose to enter into a contract with other businesses along the chain of commerce for their product to ensure that the warning is appropriately transmitted to the retailer and end consumer.
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which you are providing a warning to determine if there are any applicable type size requirements. Consumer Product Exposure Warning Methods Q16: What are the ways to provide safe harbor warnings for consumer product exposures? The safe harbor methods and content for providing a warning can be found in Sections 25602 and 25603.
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Q19: Can a sign combine two different safe harbor warnings? It is possible to provide two or more warnings on a single sign. However, combining the content of multiple warnings into one warning message would not comply with the safe harbor requirements. If a business provides a warning in this manner, it would not benefit from the safe harbor protections of the regulations.
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(a)(1)-(4). In addition, if an on-product (short-form) warning is provided on the product label, the catalog warning may use the same content. Q23: Instead of displaying the entire consumer product warning content on the product page of a catalog or webpage, can a business place the warning symbol next to the product and use it as a reference to a full consumer product warning provided elsewhere in the catalog or website and still claim safe harbor protection? No.
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A “short-form” warning may be provided on a product in accordance with Section 25602(a)(4). This section requires that the entire warning be in a type size no smaller than the largest type size used for other “consumer information” on the product, and in any case the warning must not be in a type size smaller than 6-point type. “Consumer information” is defined in Section 25600.
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Section 25603, subsections (a) and (b) provide options for safe harbor warning content for consumer products. Subsection (a) is the standard warning content, while subsection (b) allows a business to use truncated, “short-form” warning content on a product label. A business may use either the standard or short-form warning content on a label for a consumer product exposure. The short-form warning cannot be used on a sign.
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If signage at a business or facility is in a language other than English, then an environmental warning provided by that business or facility must be in that other language in addition to English. Q35: How can I access warning content in different languages – Spanish, Chinese, French, etc.? OEHHA has provided warnings translations for businesses on the Proposition 65 Warnings Website, including translations in Spanish, Chinese, French, Tagalog, Korean and Vietnamese.
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warnings require a warning to be posted at each public entrance, but also require warnings to be provided separately for consumer products, alcoholic beverages, food, and enclosed parking facilities where such exposures occur on the premises in order for the amusement park to receive full safe harbor protection (Section 25607.22). Q39: The regulations for environmental exposures require the warning to include a map.
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large freestanding art studio, a warning at the studio entrance naming the chemical and the source (paint) may be appropriate. Occupational Exposure Warnings Q41: Are professional or industrial use-only products covered by this regulation? If a business has determined that the only exposures to a listed chemical that require a warning will be occupational, then the business can follow the methods and content described in Section 25606 (Occupational Exposure Warnings).