California Proposition 65

Our California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) services offer your organization analytical testing and consultancy services to evaluate your products for composition and to recommend a pathway to Prop 65 compliance.

The Prop 65 list contains approximately 900 chemicals “known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive toxicity”. This list is updated at least annually. Prop 65 affects all consumer products sold or distributed in California, including textiles, footwear, hard goods, DIY products, toys, juvenile products, stationery, electrical/electronic items and more.

Prop 65 is a consumer “right-to-know law”. Unless exempted, businesses may not expose individuals to a listed chemical without first giving a “clear and reasonable warning” (a Prop 65 warning), nor discharge a listed chemical into sources of drinking water.

We can help you to determine whether Prop 65 listed chemicals are present in your products and advise you on strategies for Prop 65 compliance. We monitor Prop 65 developments and settlements – a consent agreement between the parties named in the settlement (a party not named in a settlement is not bound by that settlement).

As a result, we can help you do business in the state of California and inform you about regulatory and policy developments for consumer products, enabling you to implement a proactive and comprehensive compliance program for your products.

We offer Prop 65 testing for a wide variety of materials and products, including:

• Bags and accessories
• Clothing
• DIY, tools and hardware products
• Electrical and electronic equipment
• Eyewear
• Food contact materials and articles
• Footwear and leather products
• Home furnishings
• Home textiles
• Houseware items
• Jewelry
• Pet products
• Sports and leisure items
• Sunglasses
• Toys and juvenile products

To achieve Prop 65 compliance, firms must provide a warning unless they can ensure that the exposure of a listed chemical poses “no significant risk level” for cancer causing chemicals or “no observable effect level” for chemicals causing birth defects or reproductive harm.

Our global network of testing laboratories means we can provide testing and consultation to ensure compliance with Prop 65 and other global regulations for restricted substances anywhere in the world.

To find out how our California Prop 65 services can help your organization, contact us today.