California Proposition 65 Warning
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About California Proposition 65
If you live in California, you have likely seen Proposition 65 warnings on a wide range of everyday products. Shoppers in other states who buy from businesses that also sell to Californians may run into them as well, and sometimes find them confusing. The information below is provided so all of our customers can better understand what these warnings mean and why they appear on our products.
Proposition 65, formally known as The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, was adopted by California voters in 1986. Its purpose is to help protect drinking water from contamination and to give consumers advance notice when a product may expose them to chemicals identified by the state as causing cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
Under Proposition 65:
- The State of California maintains and updates a public list of chemicals identified as causing cancer and/or reproductive harm. The list now includes more than 900 substances.
- Any business that sells products to consumers in California must provide a "clear and reasonable warning" before knowingly exposing them to any listed chemical.
Our Proposition 65 Warning
The following warning applies to certain products sold by QualityPerfection, including neoprene koozies and can coolers, printed sleeves, and related accessories that may contain or be packaged with materials covered under the Proposition 65 list:
⚠ WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Silica and certain phthalates such as Diisononyl phthalate (DINP), which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information, visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Similar warnings are required to be posted in many California locations where listed chemicals may be present, including hardware and grocery stores, pharmacies, medical facilities, government buildings, retailers, and parking garages.
Comparable notices also appear on many common consumer goods, including items made with leather, vinyl, foam, plastic, or other synthetics, as well as glassware, ceramics, batteries, personal care products, medicines, alcoholic beverages, and certain foods.
More About Proposition 65
Proposition 65 is different from many other product-safety laws in several ways. Unlike California's AB 1108 or the federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), Proposition 65 does not ban or restrict the sale of products containing listed chemicals, and it is not limited to products designed for children. It applies to California residents of every age. While the law establishes "safe harbor" exposure limits, there is no minimum threshold below which a warning is automatically unnecessary; any detectable presence of a listed chemical may require a warning unless the seller can demonstrate that exposure falls within a safe harbor level.
Phthalates
Phthalates are a family of chemicals commonly used to make plastics softer and more flexible. They appear in many PVC vinyl items such as furniture, footwear, bags, toys, sporting goods, and tools.
Both federal law (CPSIA) and California law (AB 1108) limit the concentration of specific phthalates in children's toys and child-care articles:
- A children's toy is a product designed or intended by the manufacturer for use by children at play.
- A child-care article is a product designed or intended to help children sleep, relax, feed, or soothe themselves (for example through sucking or teething).
- Toys intended for children ages 3–12 that cannot be placed in a child's mouth must not contain DEHP, DBP, or BBP at concentrations greater than 0.1%.
- Toys for children under 3, toys that can be placed in a child's mouth, and all child-care articles must not contain DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, or DnOP at concentrations greater than 0.1%.
For additional information about Proposition 65 and the current chemical list, you can contact OEHHA's Proposition 65 program at (916) 445-6900 or visit oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65.
For more information on California AB 1108, please refer to the official text of the statute available through the California Legislative Information website.