Please note that by posting this Proposition 65 warning, we are notifying you that one or more of the Proposition 65 listed chemicals may be present in products we sell to you. While we (or our vendors) may test for Proposition 65 listed chemicals in many products we sell, out of an abundance of caution we have elected to place this warning on our website to make sure our customers are informed.

 

About California Proposition 65

Proposition 65, officially the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is a law that requires warnings be provided to California consumers when they might be exposed to chemicals identified by California as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. The warnings are intended to help California consumers make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals from the products they use. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) administers the Proposition 65 program and publishes the listed chemicals, which includes more that 850 chemicals. In August 2016, OEHHA adopted new regulations, effective on August 30, 2018, which change the information required in Proposition 65 warnings.

 

We are providing the following warning for products linked to this page:

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals, including lead, which known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

WHAT IS THIS WARNING?
Sometimes you will see a product for sale that has a label with a warning along the lines of the following: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm.

You may also see this warning at the point of purchase at an online retailer or for a catalog item. California has two different types of warnings – those for cancer and those for reproductive health effects.

Some products have one or the other of these warnings and some products have both warnings. These warnings are required by California labeling law Proposition 65 (or Prop 65 for short), which is meant to notify individuals in California of exposures to Prop 65-listed chemicals. Prop 65 does not ban the sale of any products containing these chemicals; it only requires warnings.

Prop 65 warnings are seen throughout California in a wide range of settings — in restaurants, grocery stores, hotels, schools, hospitals, and on a wide variety of consumer products. In addition, some internet and mail order retailers have chosen to provide Prop 65 warnings on their websites or in catalogs for all their products and for all consumers. If you want more information, the one thing to do is to ask the manufacturer to explain the warning. But please remember that just because another brand does not have the warning, this does not automatically mean that the other brand is free of the substance or has lower levels.

DOES THIS LAW APPLY EVERYWHERE?
The “Prop 65” warnings are only required under California law.

 

Additional Information about Proposition 65

For background on the new Proposition 65 warnings see:
https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov
https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/new-proposition-65-warnings

Proposition 65 and its regulations are posted at:
https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/law/proposition-65-law-and-regulations