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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Proposition 65 Enforcement Trend Alert: Plastic Packaging
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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BREAKING NEWS: Prop 65 Warning Exemption Approved for Coffee (UPDATE)
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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California Prop 65 Coffee Regulation: A Modest Re-Brew
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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