California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed additional safe harbor warnings for products containing acrylamide in response to recent litigation questioning the constitutionality of such...more
California AG Will Not Seek Rehearing Of Bar On Prop. 65 Glyphosate Warning -
California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta (D) has declined to ask a federal appellate court to rehear a panel ruling that permanently blocked...more
Third Time’s A Charm: California Re-Introduces Proposed Changes to Proposition 65’s Warnings and Safe Harbor Requirements -
On October 27, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead...more
California Bans Several FDA-Authorized Food Additives; New York May Soon Follow -
On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB-418, the California Food Safety Act, which completely bans, on safety...more
CEH Takes Legal Action Against Five Metal Plating Facilities Discharging High Levels of PFAS Chemicals into the Environment in LA County -
Cision PR Newswire -
LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2023 - Nonprofit organization the...more
PFAS-Containing Consumer Products Under Attack in California -
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are present in a variety of consumer products. PFAS have been increasingly targeted in laws and regulations and...more
OEHHA Proposes Prop. 65 Cancer Listings For Solvent, Sealant Chemicals -
California’s health hazard office is proposing to list three chemicals as carcinogens under the state’s Proposition 65 toxic warning label law,...more
FDA joins industry groups in opposing Prop 65 cancer listing for BPA -
Chemical Watch -
The US Food and Drug Administration has joined a pair of industry trade groups in opposing the potential listing of bisphenol A as...more
Cannabis Company Shuts Down Unpermitted Diesel Generators 2 Years Later -
SFGATE -
Cannery residents paired with environmental advocacy groups Center for Environmental Health and the Environmental Democracy Project to...more
On May 20, 2022, the agency governing Proposition 65, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), announced that it was allowing the rulemaking process for proposed modifications to the Prop. 65...more
As we previously reported, in 2019, the California Chamber of Commerce filed suit against the State of California in federal district court, requesting that the State and private enforcers be enjoined from requiring...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, hospitals and other health care providers are facing a separate challenge: “Ivermania”—the wave of lawsuits filed against hospitals by guardians of COVID-19 patients seeking court orders...more