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IARC Classifies Automotive Gasoline as Carcinogenic to Humans

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)—a branch of the World Health Organization mandated to investigate potential causes of cancer—conducts its own hazard evaluations of suspected carcinogens and publishes...more

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Alaska Joins California in Requiring Cancer Warning Signs for Alcohol Sales

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Under a bill that became law on April 25, Alaska bars and liquor stores will now be required to post signage warning of alcohol’s alleged link to colon and breast cancer. Set to take effect on August 1, this marks the first...more

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IARC Classifies Gasoline As a Human Carcinogen – Litigation May Follow

Last month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced its new classification for “automotive gasoline and some oxygenated gasoline additives.” In a result that follows IARC’s previous pattern and...more

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Regulatory and Legal Implications of the Surgeon General’s Call For Cancer Warning On Alcohol Labels

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On January 3, 2025, outgoing US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new advisory outlining the alleged causal link between alcohol consumption and cancer, claiming “numerous high-quality observational studies and...more

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FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 Under the Delaney Clause

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked its authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3, also known as Red Dye No. 3. Issued on January 15, 2025, the ban will go into effect for food (including dietary...more

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US Surgeon General Advises on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer, Recommends Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Labels; Alcohol Beverage...

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On January 3, the US Surgeon General issued an advisory on the association between alcohol and the risk of cancer. The alcohol beverage industry has swiftly responded highlighting conflicting studies and federal guidelines....more

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Roundup Users With Lymphoma May Qualify to File a Lawsuit

Exposure to the weedkiller Roundup (glyphosate) has been linked to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma....more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 12.13.24

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday banned two solvents found in everyday products that can cause cancer and other serious diseases. It was a move long sought by environmental and health advocates, even...more

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IARC Plans Evaluation of Automotive Gasoline and Oxygenated Additives in Early 2025

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that it will be evaluating “automotive gasoline and some oxygenated additives” between February and March 2025 per IARC Monographs – Volume 138.  The additives...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The looming BPS warning deadline, Chris Rendall-Jackson

On December 29, 2023, OEHHA listed bisphenol S (BPS) under Prop 65 as a chemical known to the State of California to cause female reproductive toxicity. In its Evidence on the Female Reproductive Toxicity of Bisphenol S,...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Natera and the Power of the Patent

At least since the Supreme Court’s eBay decision in 2006, a vocal contingent has been decrying the erosion of patent rights. The entry of a preliminary injunction in Natera, Inc. v. NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc. that would...more

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Meeting Cancer Reporting Requirements

Cancer is not just a diagnosis between a patient and physician. In this podcast Jeremy Laws, Operations Supervisor at the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System, explains that a cancer diagnosis triggers state-by-state...more

Morgan Lewis

Legal Considerations for WHO’s ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’ Aspartame Classification

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On July 14, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a summary of two findings regarding aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in many consumer products. One finding categorized aspartame as “possibly...more

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Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin - December 2022

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Former FDA Commissioners, Industry Groups Show Support for Modernized FDA Regulatory Framework - In recent months, two former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioners and...more

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New Lawsuit Alleges L’Oréal Hair Straightening Product Causes Uterine Cancer

Recently, a Missouri woman filed a product liability lawsuit against French-cosmetic giant L’Oréal, claiming the company’s hair-straightening products contained dangerous chemicals that caused her to develop uterine cancer....more

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Consumer products regulations on the rise for 1,4-Dioxane

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In a growing trend to regulate the chemicals contained in consumer products, numerous states are enacting laws and regulations to address the presence of 1,4-dioxane in consumer products. 1,4-dioxane is a synthetic industrial...more

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California Adds PFAS to List of Chemicals Subject to Prop 65 Enforcement Actions

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California has just added per- and poly-fluoralkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals requiring consumer warnings under Proposition 65, meaning that state residents can soon expect to see the words “cancer” and...more

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Coffee Purveyors Win Long Brewing Prop 65 Fight

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Does your morning coffee need a warning label other than “Caution: Contents Hot”? A California judge doesn’t think so. In August, a California judge ended a decade long lawsuit alleging that dozens of coffee roasters and...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - February 2020

Americans received a bit of good news recently about declines in lung cancer death rates. But we have many other causes to breathe uneasy about stubborn challenges to our respiratory health. These assaults come from many...more

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Should Food Products With Acrylamide Be Exempted From Proposition 65?

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On October 7, 2019, the California Chamber of Commerce filed suit against the State of California requesting that a federal district court enjoin the State and private enforcers from requiring Proposition 65 warnings on foods...more

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California Chamber of Commerce Challenges Prop. 65 Warning for Acrylamide in Food and Beverage Products

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The California Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the state from “enforcing a requirement to provide a false, misleading, and highly controversial cancer warning for food and beverage [] products that...more

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Do You Want Fries With That?

The old joke of “what do Philosophy majors ask at their first job?” takes on a new meaning in the world of Prop 65. On October 7, 2019, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit in Federal court for the Eastern...more

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California Chamber of Commerce Challenges the Proposition 65 Acrylamide Warning for Foods

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A lawsuit filed yesterday by the California Chamber of Commerce challenges the legality of Proposition 65 warnings on foods that contain acrylamide. The Complaint, which named the Attorney General of the State of California...more

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Speculative Claims Sink Cheerios Glyphosate Suit

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The active ingredient in popular weed killers, glyphosate, has gotten bad press lately.  Thousands of plaintiffs have alleged that exposure to it caused their cancers.  Jurors have responded by invoking punitive damages and...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August #2

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Focus - EPA will not approve labels that say Roundup chemical causes cancer - U.S. News & World Report – August 8 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Thursday that it will not approve...more

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