Feb 15, 2019 | FAQs
Where the OEHHA has not defined a NSRL or MADL, businesses should provide a ‘Prop 65 warning’. Businesses can be exempt if they can show that the anticipated exposure level will not pose a significant risk of cancer or reproductive harm. Stakeholders should refer to...
Feb 15, 2019 | FAQs
The OEHHA has established over 300 safe harbor levels. These include: No Significant Risk Levels (NSRLs) for cancer-causing chemicals Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for chemicals causing reproductive toxicity As noted previously, a safe harbor level is a daily...
Feb 15, 2019 | FAQs
The original Act, the subsequent legislative, bureaucratic, court and State Attorney General interpretations, additions and changes along with the OEHHA now use two distinct terms of art with respect to the term ‘Safe Harbor’. The first refers to the generic warnings...
Feb 15, 2019 | FAQs
Since the regulatory changes were finalized August 2017 for implementation in August of 2018, the primary responsibility is on product manufacturers, producers, packagers, importers, suppliers and/or distributors. For consumer product exposures, businesses in the...
Feb 15, 2019 | FAQs
Yes, these include: Governmental agencies and public water utilities Businesses with nine or fewer employees Exposures that pose no significant risk of cancer Exposures that will produce no observable reproductive effect at 1,000 times the level in question Exposures...
Feb 15, 2019 | FAQs
The State is required to maintain and publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. The list is administered by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and is updated at least once a year. First...
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