The headline may sound like a Frank Zappa tune, but in reality, California in fact is considering listing both acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) and cannabis smoke, along with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (otherwise known as “THC”), under Proposition 65.
Marijuana smoke
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More than a quarter of pesticides used by U.S. farmers are banned in the European Union. Atrazine which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates to be the most widely used herbicide in the U.S., for instance, was banned in the
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With the signature of Governor Andrew Cuomo last Friday, October 11 (not coincidentally also the United Nations’ “International Day of the Girl”), New York became the first state to require manufacturers of tampons and other feminine hygiene products to include
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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) is debating its next step after what would have been the nation’s first mandatory disclosure program for cleaning product ingredients was invalidated by a state court judge on August 27th. In the
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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which administers Proposition 65, wasted no time in punching back at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which declared, in an August 8 press release, that Prop 65 labeling identifying the
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The latest front in the ever-expanding Proposition 65 enforcement battle: plastic packaging. Since the start of the year, dozens of notices of violation have been filed, not for actual products, but for the packaging in which they are wrapped.
The
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With the release last month of proposed new EPA regulations on how the agency intends to handle responses to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), critics have raised concerns about provisions that would give authority to senior management
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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) announced last week that it will not begin enforcement of the Household Cleansing Product Information Disclosure Program until January 2, 2020. Previously, NYDEC had delayed enforcement until October 2 for compliance with
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UPDATE: OEHHA officially published adoption of the Prop 65 exemption for coffee on June 7, 2019, announcing that the new rule is effective as of October 1. Further details on and copies of the rulemaking documents can be found here
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The California Assembly passed a bill (AB 1123) earlier this month that would require litigants in private Proposition 65 enforcement actions to notify the state Attorney General (AG) of any appeals in such cases. Current law only requires plaintiffs in
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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued an important clarification of the scope of last year’s listing of “soluble” nickel compounds as reproductive toxins under Proposition 65. As previously reported, last October, OEHHA added “Nickel (soluble
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