The anticipated issuance of a final Proposition 65 exemption for chemicals, such as acrylamide, “created by and inherent in the processes of roasting coffee beans or brewing coffee,” has been delayed to allow for an additional comment period to address
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Prop 65 Coming to New York ….?
Newly proposed legislation in New York, announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the release of his Executive Budget late last month, would look an awful lot like California’s “Proposition 65” program … but, presumably, with crucial differences. As described by
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California Set to Finalize Prop 65 Coffee Exemption
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which oversees the state’s Proposition 65 program, is on the verge of finalizing an exemption from warning requirements for chemicals, such as acrylamide, “created by and inherent in the processes of
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Prop 65 Plaintiffs Ring In New Year with Aggressive Enforcement
Proposition 65 plaintiff groups are starting 2019 with a practically unprecedented bounty of enforcement actions underway. According to information available from the California Attorney General’s Prop 65 website, almost 2,000 60-Day Notices of Violation have been filed since April 2018
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California Seeks Clarity on Retailer/Supply Chain Prop 65 Warning Provisions
Only a few months after new provisions went into effect (on August 30th), California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is proposing to clarify the rules governing retailer and supply chain responsibility for providing warnings under Proposition 65. These
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Black Friday and Prop 65
With the biggest sales day of the year shortly upon us, a new wave of on-line shopping Americans likely will see Proposition 65 warning notices for the first time. Though California’s notorious program technically only applies within the state’s borders,
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California Limits New Prop 65 Listing to Soluble Nickel Compounds
California has added a new chemical to the list of substances known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65, though the listing is not as broad as originally proposed. While the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
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Prop 65: Notes from the Front
Live from San Francisco, Kelley Green Law Blog is reporting today from the Prop 65 Clearinghouse 2018 Conference …. the largest annual assemblage dedicated to the cottage industry that is California’s “Proposition 65.” Uniquely, the Clearinghouse conference brings together the
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Its Go Time for the New Proposition 65 Warning Regulations
Today, August 30, 2018 … marks the date that the 2016 amendments to the warning requirements of California Proposition 65 go into full effect. This brings to a close the two year phase-in period for the new “safe harbor” warning
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California Proposition 65: Beware of Liability for Website Sales
Historically, the bulk of Prop 65 actions have come from plaintiff attorneys sending waves of people into retail stores in California to purchase and then test products for possible exposures to listed chemicals. This paradigm is shifting increasingly to a
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