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Black Friday and Prop 65

With the biggest sales day of the year shortly upon us, a new wave of on-line shopping Americans likely will see Proposition 65 warning notices for the first time. Though California's notorious program technically only…

California Limits New Prop 65 Listing to Soluble Nickel Compounds

California has added a new chemical to the list of substances known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65, though the listing is not as broad as originally proposed. While the Office of…

Prop 65: Notes from the Front

Live from San Francisco, Kelley Green Law Blog is reporting today from the Prop 65 Clearinghouse 2018 Conference .... the largest annual assemblage dedicated to the cottage industry that is California’s “Proposition…

Its Go Time for the New Proposition 65 Warning Regulations

Today, August 30, 2018 ... marks the date that the 2016 amendments to the warning requirements of California Proposition 65 go into full effect. This brings to a close the two year phase-in period for the new "safe…

California Proposition 65: Beware of Liability for Website Sales

Historically, the bulk of Prop 65 actions have come from plaintiff attorneys sending waves of people into retail stores in California to purchase and then test products for possible exposures to listed chemicals. This…