Controversial Prop 65 Warning Labels About Toxic Chemicals are Effective, Study Says - For nearly 40 years, a controversial California law has required companies to place warning labels on their products alerting...more
California is an epicenter of environmental policymaking and often a harbinger of laws and regulations adopted throughout the country, and there’s no reason to think this will change. Beveridge & Diamond closely tracks...more
Proposition 65: Quarterly Highlights (October 2023) - Downey Brand’s latest roundup of Proposition 65 Notices of Violation (“Notices”) summarizes Notices filed in the third quarter of 2023. Citizen plaintiff groups filed one...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
In Part I and Part II of this blog series, we introduced and discussed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as “forever chemicals,” which have been recent targets of consumer class actions and...more
Over the past week, several new per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been added to California’s Proposition 65 list. In March 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) selected...more
On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as a carcinogen under Proposition 65 via the Authoritative...more
Designation of PFOA as a Carcinogen Will Increase Litigation Risks and Expand Proposition 65 Labeling Obligations - On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that...more