California Proposition 65

Understanding Proposition 65 Compliance for Companies Selling Products in California

Prop 65 requires companies to provide warnings to California residents about significant exposures to chemicals identified by the state as causing cancer and/or reproductive harm. If you sell products in the state of California, you may be impacted in the following three cases:

1. Your products do not contain any substance of the current Proposition 65.
2. Your products contain one or more substances from the current Proposition 65 list (https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/chemicals<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">), but they are within a "Safe Harbor" limit (https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/general-info/current-proposition-65-no-significant-risk-levels-nsrls-maximum) or the anticipated level of exposure will not pose a significant risk of cancer or reproductive harm according to OEHHA regulations, available in Section 7 and 27 Title 27, California Code Section 8.
3. Your products contain one or more substances from the current Proposition 65 list (https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/chemicals) above a "Safe Harbor" limit, and warnings to California residents about significant exposures to chemicals identified by the state as causing cancer and/or reproductive harm are needed.

If products exceed the No Significant Risk (NSRLs) and Maximum Allowable Dose (MADL) levels, the products must be labelled with a warning. <
span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">A typical warning looks like this: <
span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">"WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals, including arsenic, which is known to the State of California as cause of cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

How ComplyMarket can help you:

• ComplyDoC: An IT-intelligent cloud solution and an open source cloud solution for chain sustainability management Chemical and product compliance to collect information from suppliers.
• <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ad hoc consultation: The ComplyMarket team has extensive experience in supporting regulatory compliance with California's Proposition 65 legislation.