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California Proposition 65 Warning
California Proposition 65 Warning Information
What is this warning?
Sometimes you will see a product for sale that has a label with a warning along the
lines of the following:
The warnings is required by California labeling law Proposition 65 (or Prop 65
for short), which is meant to notify individuals in California of exposures to Prop
65-listed chemicals. Prop 65 does not ban the sale of any products containing these
chemicals; it only requires warnings. Moreover, a Prop 65 warning does not mean
a product is in violation of any product-safety standards or requirements. In fact,
the California government has clarified that a Prop 65 warning “is not the same as a
regulatory decision that a product is ‘safe’ or ‘unsafe’.”
See https://oag.ca.gov/prop65/faqs-view-all.
What is Prop 65?
Prop 65 is broad law that applies to any company operating in California, selling
products in California, or manufacturing products that may be sold in or brought into
California. It mandates that the Governor of California maintain and publish a list
of chemicals that are known to cause cancer, birth defects and/or other reproductive
harm. The list, which must be updated annually, includes a wide variety of chemicals
that can be found in many everyday items. The purpose of Prop 65 is to ensure that
people are informed about exposure to these chemicals.
Prop 65 also requires warnings to be placed on any product, product packaging, or
literature accompanying a product that contains or may contain any of the hundreds
of chemicals that the State of California considers harmful. Many of the chemicals
listed under Prop 65 have been routinely used in everyday products for years without
documented harm.
A Prop 65 warning generally means one of two things: (1) a business has evaluated
the exposure and has concluded that it exceeds the “no significant risk level”; or
(2) a business has chosen to provide a warning simply based on its knowledge or
understanding about the presence of a listed chemical without attempting to evaluate
the exposure.
Does this law apply everywhere?
Prop 65 warnings are only required under California law. Prop 65 warnings are seen
throughout California in a wide range of settings -- in restaurants, grocery stores,
hotels, schools, hospitals, and on a wide variety of products. In addition, some
Internet and mail order retailers have chosen to provide Prop 65 warnings on their
websites or in catalogs for all their products and for all consumers. Prop 65 standards
are among the most stringent standards in place anywhere and are often far more
stringent than federal standards.