What is California Prop 65?
California’s Proposition 65 is also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act and was enacted in 1986. It requires businesses to provide warning labels on products about exposure to chemicals that could cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. By putting warning labels on these products, it was intended to help Californians make informed purchasing decisions to help protect themselves from these harmful chemicals that may be found in traces of ingredients in products.
Labels Required By Proposition 65:
As part of the law, businesses that are selling products to consumers in California must provide clear and reasonable warnings on the labels before knowingly exposing people to any chemical on the list. “The law defines “no significant risk” as a level of exposure that would cause no more than 1 extra case of cancer in 100,000 people over a 70-year lifetime. So a compound can be unlabeled if a person exposed to the substance at the expected level for 70 years is estimated to have a 1 in 100,000 chance or less of getting cancer due to that exposure. The law also has similar strict cutoff levels for birth defects and reproductive harm.” – according to cancer.org
What Types of Chemicals are on the Proposition 65 List?
There is a wide range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals on the list that include additives or ingredients in pesticides
Where can I Find More Information on California Proposition 65?
https://oag.ca.gov/prop65(link is external),
P65.Questions@oehha.ca.gov(link sends e-mail),
or by phone at (916) 445-6900.
Marissa Spade
Marissa graduated from Robert Morris University in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. She started her career with SDC Nutrition as an intern during her college years and under the guidance of the co-founder Devenee Schumacher she has been an integral part of the Digital and Social Marketing presence for the company.
Internally she claims the token “Millennial” role of the team, but she is involved in every aspect of the digital face of the company from copy writing, public relations, affiliate management, ambassador management, and content creation. Since becoming a full-time member of the team she has most notably launched over 100 published articles for the company and its brands & she has successfully on-boarded over 500 affiliates in the company’s innovative Affiliate program.
Spade is set to launch new innovative content for all of the brand profiles which she is solely responsible for this year and her upcoming national campaigns are set to exponentially increase the overall audience for the company. Stay tuned for her upcoming accomplishments… you won’t want to miss the updates!