Prop 65 label Warnings
❤️California, USA has some stringent laws about product labeling that were intended to stop the proliferation of nuisance law cases in the 80's.
The warnings are there because Californian lawmakers require them to be on the packaging if a product contains a chemical has a 1 in 100,000 chance of causing cancer. It doesn't take into consideration the amount of the chemical, or how the products are used. Thus, it's a contentious label as it's basically on everything, including coffee!
The warning labels sometimes placed on my products is mainly because of an ingredient in plastic that must be used for packaging. Packaging is needed to keep items clean, intact and unused before you receive them. We minimise packaging wherever possible, endeavour to make it reuseable and recyclable.
Common Questions about California's Prop 65 cancer warning labels:
Text Of Prop 65 Warning:
"This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, or birth defects or other reproductive harm".
A: Nothing! We are proud of our products. We sell high-quality products that meet all state, federal and local safety laws. In a nutshell, Prop 65 warnings must be placed on any item that contains even a trace amount of chemical from the law's list, which includes the packaging.
For example, in the case of our art Journals, the warning is present because of the wrapper that keeps the journal clean and unsoiled in stores, not in relation to the journal itself.
- Under California law, companies must provide this warning if their products contain any chemicals on the State of California’s list of 850+ chemicals that may cause cancer or reproductive harm.
- This label is approved as a “reasonable warning” in regulations adopted by California’s Environmental Protection Agency.
- Proposition 65 allows Californians to sue a business that does not put this warning on their products.
- Our products meet all state, local, and federal safety laws.
- Proposition 65 is a California law passed by California voters in 1986. Its formal name is the "Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986."
- Prop 65 requires the state to keep a list of substances that may cause cancer or reproductive toxicity in humans or animals. You can get more information about Prop 65 on Californa’s website, http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/background/p65plain.html
- Prop 65 requires businesses to warn customers if they will be exposed to an amount that is more than one-thousandth of the amount that causes no effect (for reproductive toxins) or that would cause more than one case of cancer in 100,000, assuming that exposure every single day for a lifetime.
- Prop 65 does not regulate the amount of chemicals in products. It just requires a warning.
- Prop 65 does not prohibit selling any product. It just requires a warning.
- Our products meet all federal, state, and local safety laws.
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❤️Of course, of course we're not going to use or sell anything that's potentially harmful! ❤️
Again, the warnings are there because Californian lawmakers require them to be on the packaging if a product contains a chemical has a 1 in 100,000 chance of causing cancer. It doesn't take into consideration the amount of the chemical, or how the products are used. Thus, it's a contentious label as it's basically on everything, including coffee:
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/california-cancer-warnings-coffee-2018-4?r=US&IR=T
“We now have so many warnings unrelated to the actual health risk posed to consumers that most people just ignore them,” Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon
said in a release this month... blasting the new coffee warnings, adding: “When we have mandatory cancer warnings on a cup of coffee, something has gone seriously wrong with the process.