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California Revises Proposed Amendments to Prop 65 “Short-Form” and Internet Warnings; Extends Compliance Period

Roughly eight months have passed since California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) last proposed to amend its Prop 65 regulations on ​“short-form” and internet warnings provisions. Now, in response...more

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Rejects FIFRA Preemption in Roundup Case

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As of May 2022, Monsanto, the company that developed the allegedly cancer-causing weed killer Roundup, has settled more than 100,000 lawsuits, and paid nearly $11 billion in settlements. Despite this massive number, 30,000...more

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New Formaldehyde Standards on Composite Wood Products Imported into, Sold or Manufactured in Canada

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In case you missed it, new limits were introduced on formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products imported into, sold or manufactured in Canada....more

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5 Key Takeaways: California Proposition 65 & Other Hazards in the Stream of Commerce

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s Alex Bullock and Laura Miller recently presented to clients at the firm’s 2022 Small Legal Department Client Summit. They discussed “California Proposition 65 & Other Hazards in the Stream of Commerce.” ...more

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The Prop 65 Annual Conference: Notes from the Front 2020

(Virtually) Live from San Francisco, Kelley Green Law Blog is reporting today from the Prop 65 Clearinghouse 2020 Conference …. the largest annual assemblage dedicated to the legal niche that is California’s “Proposition 65.”...more

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The Evolving Argument Surrounding Federal Preemption of Proposition 65

Ninth Circuit considers whether federal law takes precedence over California statute requiring warnings about chemicals. Hardeman v. Monsanto, pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, raises issues as to whether a...more

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California Prop. 65 Regulation Exempts Certain Coffee Chemicals From Cancer Warning; Stay in Coffee Case Lifted

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) has finalized a highly anticipated Proposition 65 regulation relating to coffee. The regulation, California Code of Regulations Section 25704, takes...more

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California’s OEHHA Finalizes Regulation Rescinding Warning Requirement For Coffee

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On June 7, 2019, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it has adopted a final regulation eliminating the requirement for coffee to carry a Proposition 65 warning label. The regulation...more

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Environmental Health News: New Proposition 65 Rules Are Now In Effect

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Proposition 65 (often referred to as “Prop 65”) is an environmental health law enacted in California as the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act” in 1986. Despite this official title, the scope of Prop 65 regulates...more

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Prop 65 Court Win for Cereal Manufacturers Sets the Table for Further Challenges to Warning Requirements

In a remarkable and perhaps precedent-setting decision, a California appellate court sided with cereal manufacturers in ruling that Proposition 65 cancer warnings for acrylamide were preempted by federal policy encouraging...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Proposition 65 Amendments – An Unsavory Impact on Food and Beverage Industries?

Now is the time to update your Proposition 65 warnings in California. On August 30, 2018, new regulations go into effect changing the warnings required for the food and beverage industries. Amendments to California’s...more

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Expiring Soon: Temporary BPA Warning Regs Under Prop 65

With the holidays and end of the year quickly approaching, here is what food and beverage manufacturers and sellers need to know before the temporary Proposition 65 safe harbor warning for Bisphenol A (BPA) exposures expires...more

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Prop 65 – Version 2.0: New Rules for Prop 65 Warnings Shake Things Up

California’s old Proposition 65 warnings, which have been in place since 1986 are about to get a facelift – under newly adopted regulations by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), what was once “clear...more

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WARNING: Proposition 65 Warning Requirements Have Changed

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Thirty years after its enactment, California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly referred to as “Proposition 65”) remains an undiminished irritant to businesses who sell products that are used in...more

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WARNING: California’s Proposition 65 Warning Requirements are Changing

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) recently finalized substantial amendments to the regulations governing the provision of warnings required by “Proposition 65” (a/k/a the “Safe Drinking...more

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The Toxic Substances Control Act Amendments May Do Little to Relieve California Headaches for Businesses

Business groups largely supported the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Amendments?recently signed into law by President Obama—in order to address concerns about the emergence of varying state-by-state requirements that...more

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California Adopts Additional Phthalate Proposition 65 Safe Harbor Limit - Agency Rejects Calls for Higher (and Lower) Limit

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California’s Office of Administrative Law has amended the list of regulatory safe harbor levels under Proposition 65 to include the chemical diisononyl phthalate (DINP), setting the limit at 146 micrograms per day (µ/day). ...more

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Under the Dome: Inside The Maine State House Special Edition 1-24-13

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With a population of roughly 1.3 million people, Maine is a small player in national markets. At the same time, Maine legislators have attempted to have an out-sized voice in the national marketplace of legislative policy by...more

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