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DECEMBER 2021 - ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS, HARDLINES, SOFTLINES, TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS
As we reported1 in January, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) moved a big step to limit use of the previous approved “safe harbour” short-form warnings for regulated chemicals in consumer products under the Proposition 65. On 13 December 2021, OEHHA announced further modifications2 to the proposed regulations, but remains committed to avoid the “over-warning” issue. Written comments to the proposed regulatory text must be submitted no later than 21 January 2022.
After reviewing over 160 written and oral comments on a prior proposed version of the regulations, OEHHA modified the proposed regulation again to:
For example, for an exposure to a listed carcinogen, the options of consumer product warning languages in the latest proposed regulations are:
WARNING: Cancer risk from exposure to [Name of one or more chemicals] – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
CA WARNING: Cancer risk from exposure to [Name of one or more chemicals] – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
CALIFORNIA WARNING: Cancer risk from exposure to [Name of one or more chemicals] – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
or
WARNING: Exposes you to [Name of one or more chemicals], a carcinogen -- www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
CA WARNING: Exposes you to [Name of one or more chemicals], a carcinogen -- www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
CALIFORNIA WARNING: Exposes you to [Name of one or more chemicals], a carcinogen -- www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
[1] USA: California moves to limit the use of Proposition 65 short-form warning, January 2021
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