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The approaching warning deadline for vinyl acetate

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On January 3, 2025, vinyl acetate was added to the Prop 65 list as a carcinogen. Vinyl acetate is a synthetic chemical, and a colorless liquid with a sweet, fruity smell. In its Evidence on the Carcinogenicity of Vinyl...more

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Prop 65 Roundup - March 2025

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Top Legal Challenges for the Consumer Products Industry in 2025 - With 2025 underway, the AFS Consumer Products team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the consumer products industry this year....more

Buchalter

Proposition 65 Warning Regulations Revised, Including Widely-Used Short-Form Warning

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) has revised the regulations on “Safe Harbor” warning language effective January 1, 2025. While a business is not required to use these Safe Harbor...more

Alston & Bird

Addition of Vinyl Acetate to Proposition 65 List

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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recently added vinyl acetate to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group discusses what companies need to...more

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California Expands Proposition 65 Listing of BPS as New Warning Requirements Take Effect

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California’s Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to California consumers about significant exposures to chemicals it has determined to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm when exposure...more

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California Updates Proposition 65’s Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recently approved an amendment to the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings under the state’s Proposition 65 law. The changes will alter the regulations...more

Alston & Bird

Addition of Bisphenol S (BPS) to Proposition 65 List Has Sweeping Implications for Industry

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group discusses the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s addition of bisphenol S (BPS) to the Proposition 65 list of reproductive toxicants....more

K&L Gates LLP

California's Updated Proposition 65 Regulations New Short-Form Warnings and More

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Longtime efforts by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to amend the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings for California’s Proposition 65 appear to be nearing completion. On 13 June...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Will Makeup Get a Makeover?: Titanium Dioxide in Cosmetics

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UPDATE: On June 12, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a preliminary injunction in The Personal Care Products Council v. Bonta....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

California Considers Modifying Prop 65 Warning Requirements (Again)

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In 2021 we wrote about the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. On May 20, 2022, however, OEHHA...more

Goldberg Segalla

California not just dreamin’ about expanding Prop. 65 product-notice requirements

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If a company makes, distributes, or sells consumer products—including food products—containing chemicals that might turn the leaves brown, proposed amendments to California’s Proposition 65 may saddle it with additional...more

Buchalter

Prop 65 Alert: Brace Yourselves for the Latest Wave of CA Prop 65 Short-Form Warning Updates

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OEHHA is proposing a significant change to the Proposition 65 “short-form warning” to require that this warning identify a specific Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) chemical. Currently, the short-form warning requires...more

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The New and Improved Prop 65? Maybe, Maybe Not

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Have you shopped for jewelry, cosmetics, furniture, or exercise equipment recently? If so, you have most likely come across a Proposition 65 warning sticker. If you are unsure of whether the warning label should keep you from...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Prop 65 Changes Coming That Could Cause Headaches For Businesses

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If you sell goods in the State of California, you are probably familiar with Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”), which requires businesses to provide a warning before they “knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to a...more

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⚠️Warning! California Proposes Amendments Restricting Use of Proposition 65 Short-Form Warnings

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On January 8, 2021, the agency governing Proposition 65, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the content and conditions for use associated with the widely-used short-form...more

Wiley Rein LLP

News from California: Labels Are About to Get Longer

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Providing ingredient information to consumers continues to be a regulatory priority in the Golden State. In the last few weeks, a proposed update to California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65) and the January 2021 implementation...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Proposition 65 Short-Form Warnings May No Longer Be Short

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If proposed amendments are adopted, the use and benefit of short-form on-product warnings will be significantly limited. The use of short-form for internet and catalog warnings will be completely eliminated. Proposed...more

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California Proposes Significant Changes to Proposition 65 Safe Harbor Warnings for Products Sold to Consumers

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Use of Short-Form Warnings Would be Restricted for Products and Eliminated for Websites and Catalogs - Manufacturers of products sold to consumers and packaging companies should take notice of important new developments...more

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