05/17/2022 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/17/2022 10:31
The National Law Review
On April 5, 2022, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a second 15-day notice of modification to its proposed Proposition 65 safe harbor "short-form" warning regulations. If adopted, the amendments would significantly impact businesses' use of the short-form warnings.
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The National Law Review
On April 13, 2022, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a Notice of Modification to Proposed Regulation on Safe Harbor Warnings for Glyphosate and Addition of Documents to Rulemaking File.
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The National Law Review
On March 29, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted the California Chamber of Commerce's (CalChamber) preliminary injunction to temporarily bar the state and any private litigants from enforcing Proposition 65 against businesses that do not warn consumers that acrylamide in food is known to the State of California to cause cancer.
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The National Law Review
Many of us think of coffee as a morning essential, however, there has been a long running debate between California regulators, courts, business, and consumer advocates regarding whether coffee must have a Proposition 65 ("Prop 65") warning for cancer.
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The National Law Review
2021 saw several significant actions taken by the state of California with respect to PFAS - specifically, Prop 65 PFAS determinations for PFOS and PFNA.
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On July 23, 2021, The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) initiated a proposed rulemaking to amend California Code of Regulations, Title 27, by adding Sections 25607.48 and 25607.9 to adopt a new safe harbor warning regulation to address the content of warnings for exposure to glyphosate in consumer products.
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As required by Government Code section 11346.8(c), and Title 1, section 44 of the California Code of Regulations, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of changes to the proposed regulatory action to amend California Code of Regulations, Title 27, Sections[1] 25601, 25602, 25603, 25607.1, and 25607.2.
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The California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected bisphenol S (BPS) for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC)'s review for possible listing under Proposition 65 and is soliciting information relevant to the assessment of its reproductive toxicity.
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Effective February 25, 2022, for purposes of Proposition 65[1], the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS RN 335-67-1) to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
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