Wednesday, January 20, 2021
On January 8, 2021, California’s Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued proposed amendments to Article 6 of the regulations implementing the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as Proposition 65. These changes will require any company using short-form warnings to revise their labeling and marketing compliance plans.
Compliance with California’s Proposition 65 is a familiar hurdle for businesses selling consumer products into that state. Proposition 65 requires that consumers be provided with a “clear and reasonable warning” of exposures to certain chemicals determined by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who fail to provide such a warning are at risk for enforcement lawsuits from Californi
SAFEGUARDS | Consumer ProductsNO. 006/21 California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) is the 'Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986', a ballot initiative passed overwhelmingly by Californian
On January 8, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced proposed regulations that would significantly affect how businesses may use.
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How the Supreme Court could upend Biden’s green agenda Source: By Jeremy P. Jacobs and Pamela King, E&E News reporters • Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The incoming administration will need to think carefully about how to defend its environmental policies before a federal court system that President Trump has filled with conservative judges. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (graphic); Gage Skidmore/Flickr (Biden and Harris)
Federal courts could stand in the way of President-elect Joe Biden’s efforts to undo the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks and stymie any efforts to take bold climate action, legal experts say.