California Proposition 65

Proposition 65 is a Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act that Californians voted for in November 1986 which requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.  These chemicals can be found in various products that are purchased, in your homes or workplaces, or in the environment. Proposition 65 enables California’s citizens to make informed decisions about what they buy and may expose themselves to. Proposition 65 also prohibits California’s businesses from knowingly discharging copious amounts of their listed chemicals into sources of drinking water.

Proposition 65 requires California to publish the list of chemicals known to cause any form of harm, and this list is updated once a year. It has grown to include approximately 900 chemicals since it was first published in 1987.

Touchnote is providing the following warning for products that reference this page in their description.

WARNING: Please be aware this product can potentially expose you to chemicals including but not limited to acrylamide, lead, nickel and chromium which are known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

Please be aware that even though a product has this warning, it does not mean it is definitely going to cause you harm, or that it is violating product safety regulations. This warning is to keep all buyers informed. 

For more information please feel free to conduct more research through the resources provided by The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, OEHHA at https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65, which explains the law and offers a list of all the chemicals and materials. You can call the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's Proposition 65 Implementation Office at (916) 445-6900 or send an email to P65.Questions@oehha.ca.gov.

For enforcement information, contact the California Attorney General's Office at   1-510-622-2160, or visit https://oag.ca.gov/prop65