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More Changes Under Consideration For Prop. 65 Short-Form Warnings

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The California agency that administers Proposition 65 is considering further revisions to the regulations governing the use and format of the short-form warning....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposition 65: OEHHA Proposes Additional Changes to “Short-Form” Warning Option

On June 14, 2024, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice proposing additional changes to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 “clear and reasonable warnings” regulations for...more

K&L Gates LLP

California's Updated Proposition 65 Regulations New Short-Form Warnings and More

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Longtime efforts by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to amend the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings for California’s Proposition 65 appear to be nearing completion. On 13 June...more

Alston & Bird

California Modifies Proposed Amendments to Proposition 65’s Warning Requirements

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group explains the updates the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment plans to make to the proposed changes to California’s Proposition 65 safe harbor warning...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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

Troutman Pepper

California Considers Modifying Prop 65 Warning Requirements (Again)

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In 2021 we wrote about the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. On May 20, 2022, however, OEHHA...more

Goldberg Segalla

California not just dreamin’ about expanding Prop. 65 product-notice requirements

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If a company makes, distributes, or sells consumer products—including food products—containing chemicals that might turn the leaves brown, proposed amendments to California’s Proposition 65 may saddle it with additional...more

Alston & Bird

New Changes to Proposition 65’s Warning Requirements Are on the Horizon

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group explains proposed changes to California’s Proposition 65 safe harbor warning language....more

Stoel Rives LLP

Prop 65 Changes Coming That Could Cause Headaches For Businesses

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If you sell goods in the State of California, you are probably familiar with Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”), which requires businesses to provide a warning before they “knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to a...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposition 65: OEHHA Proposes Significant Changes to “Short-Form” Warnings

On January 8, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed significant revisions to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 “clear and reasonable warnings” regulations for “short-form”...more

Morgan Lewis

California Proposes Changes to Proposition 65 Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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Proposition 65 mandates that companies doing business in California provide warnings about exposures to chemicals listed as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The California Office of Environmental...more

Hogan Lovells

California update: OEHHA extends comment period

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is extending the public comment period for its proposal that lays out what constitutes a Proposition 65 exposure that would require warnings for listed...more

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Alert Newsletter: California Issues Prop 65 Crystalline Silica Safe Use Determination: Four Woodwise products not required to warn...

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Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know - California Issues Prop 65 Crystalline Silica Safe Use Determination: Four Woodwise products not required to warn for exposure - Chemical Watch - California’s Office of Environmental...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposition 65: California Clarifies Responsibilities To Warn Amongst Manufacturers, Distributors and Retailers

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently adopted amendments to California Code of Regulations, section 25600.2 – the section titled “Responsibility to Provide Consumer Product Exposure...more

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Proposition 65 Labeling Responsibilities Finalized for Intermediary Parties and Retail Sellers

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued finalized amendments on January 14, 2020, to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Better known as Proposition 65, the...more

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Amendments to Proposition 65’s Safe Harbor Regulations Finalized in Attempt to Clarify Legal Responsibilities of Businesses Across...

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Companies now have more guidance on how to communicate Proposition 65 warnings for products sold through distributors. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finalized the amendments proposed...more

Buchalter

Updates on California’s Proposition 65 for 2020

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New year, same notices! Prop. 65 filings have not slowed down, and predictably, the same chemicals are being targeted by noticing parties. In my survey of notices filed between December 15, 2019 and the present date, there...more

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Prop. 65 updates for the summer!

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My review of recently filed notices of violation, affirms that many of the same noticing parties and counsel are still on the hunt for low dollar consumer items that contain phthalates. There has been an interesting...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 Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2019

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Focus - Major automakers back compromise on U.S. vehicle emissions rules, urge deal - Reuters – June 6 - In a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom, a group of 17 major automakers, including General Motors Co,...more

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Amendments to Proposition 65’s “Downstream” Warning Procedures would include the full Distribution Chain

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California’s “Proposition 65” requires manufacturers and others in the chain of distribution to warn consumers before causing them to be exposed to a list of almost 900 chemicals “known to the State of California to cause...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California Proceeds to Finalize Its Proposition 65 Exemption for Coffee

On January 9, 2019, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) took a further – and potentially final – step toward exempting coffee from Proposition 65 warnings....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposed Amendments to Prop 65 Retail Seller Responsibilities Section 25600.2 (Responsibility to Provide Consumer Product Exposure...

On November 16, 2018, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulations setting forth the circumstances when a “retail seller” is required to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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...more

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Businesses Required to Post Prop 65 Warnings for Two New Chemicals

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Following up on the recent modifications to Prop 65's "clear and reasonable" warning requirements, new warning requirements for newly listed chemicals have gone into effect, and the State agency responsible for administering...more

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