Introduction -

Earlier in 2014 California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which is charged with implementation of the state's controversial Proposition 65 law, released a pre-regulatory proposal to revise its longstanding regulations governing "clear and reasonable warnings". The proposal met with substantial opposition from a broad coalition of businesses and, as a result, OEHHA is expected to unveil a new slimmed-down version later this autumn. In the interim, to address other criticisms of its previous proposal, OEHHA recently requested that the public submit comments, by November 17 2014, on several other aspects of the regulations.

Areas of input -

OEHHA's request focuses on key aspects of the few defences available in Proposition 65 cases...

Originally Published in International Law Office on October 23, 2014.