California attorney general and others try to handle litigation over proposition 65 food label requirement. Seven states are drafting bills related to PFAS lawsuits. Biden administration proposes first national standard to protect communities from PFAS in drinking water.
Prop 65 products, packaging, business relationships, compliance rules are constantly changing. Avoid costly private enforcement actions. Prop 65 is California law that requires consumers to receive warnings on presence of chemicals that cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.
California has approved a new, alternative Safe Harbor warning label for foods containing acrylamide, a naturally occuring byproduct. Whether the new regulation moots the California Chamber of Commerce’s ongoing legal battle against Proposition 65 warning labels remains to be seen.
Sport bras and athletic shirts of some of the major global sports brands were found to contain dangerous levels of estrogen-mimicking BPA (bisphenol A) posing a considerable risk to people’s health, according to legal notices sent by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH).
Environmental groups, residents join forces to shut down diesel generators at cannabis facility in Oakland. OEHHA to augment record to adopt California Code of Regulations Title 27, adopts No Significant Risk Level of 3.7 micrograms per day for 1,3-dichloropropene exposure.