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California has issued proposed amendments to short-form clear and reasonable warnings. Comments will be accepted until January 14, 2022.
California has issued proposed amendments to short-form clear and reasonable warnings. Comments will be accepted until January 14, 2022.
On December 13, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice of modification to its proposal to revise Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 ‘Clear and Reasonable Warnings – Short Form.’
This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) was first issued in January 2021. After an extended public comment period, to March 29, 2021, the OEHHA proposed to make several important changes to its proposed rulemaking to improve the short-form warnings, to provide consumers with more specific information and to limit the use of the safe harbor short form warning to small products. It:
For exposures to listed carcinogens:
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Cancer risk from exposure to [name of chemical] – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
or
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Exposes you to [name of chemical], a carcinogen – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
For exposures to listed reproductive toxicants:
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Risk of reproductive harm from exposure to [name of chemical] – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
or
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Exposes you to [name of chemical], a reproductive toxicant - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
For exposures to both listed carcinogens and reproductive toxicants:
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Cancer risk from [name of chemical] and of reproductive harm from exposure to [name of chemical] – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
or
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Exposes you to [name of chemical], a carcinogen, and [name of chemical], a reproductive toxicant – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
For exposures to a listed chemical that is listed as both a carcinogen and a reproductive toxicant:
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Cancer risk and reproductive harm from [name of chemical] exposure – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
or
⚠️ WARNING [or CA WARNING or CALIFORNIA WARNING]: Exposes you to [name of chemical], a carcinogen and reproductive toxicant – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
According to the notice of modification, comments will be accepted until January 14, 2022 – the amendments would become operative one year after the effective date of the amendments.
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