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I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice? “This product can expose you to chemicals including Nickel (Metallic), which is known to the State of Calif

by proyb2 5y ago

I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice? “This product can expose you to chemicals including Nickel (Metallic), which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Bisphenol A (BPA), which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov“

mimsee 5y ago
Aren't these types of warnings everywhere in California? So much so that nobody takes them seriously as the warnings are everywhere.
sschueller 5y ago
Isn't BPA an issue mostly when it comes to food containers and drink holders. Specifically when holding hot items the BPA can leach into the food?
dredmorbius 5y ago
Well, for more information, you can go ot https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov The warnings are required by a 1986 statewide proposition, numbered 65, for chemicals posing chancer, birth defect, or other reproductive harm, and though they're obligatory only if the risk is greater than 1:100,000 over a 70 year lifespan, many companies feel it's safer to include the warnings regardless to avoid nondisclusure actions. https://askthescientists.com/qa/california-prop-65-warning/ https://askthescientists.com/qa/california-prop-65-warning/ You can find a similar listing for, say, Apple, Inc.'s products, running to 25 pages: https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Regulated_Substances_Specification_Sept2018.pdf https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Regulated_Substa... (PDF)
- dredmorbius 5y ago
  s/chancer/cancer/
0des 5y ago
>I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice? Is that because these warnings are so ubiquitous they've lost all meaning?
dehrmann 5y ago
I see a similar warning on balsamic vinegar, and I've seen it at a Starbucks for coffee.
- Karsteski 5y ago
  It's like the hazard warnings I've read on the SDS for water :)

by proyb2 5y ago

mimsee 5y ago

Aren't these types of warnings everywhere in California? So much so that nobody takes them seriously as the warnings are everywhere.

sschueller 5y ago

Isn't BPA an issue mostly when it comes to food containers and drink holders. Specifically when holding hot items the BPA can leach into the food?

dredmorbius 5y ago

Well, for more information, you can go ot https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov The warnings are required by a 1986 statewide proposition, numbered 65, for chemicals posing chancer, birth defect, or other reproductive harm, and though they're obligatory only if the risk is greater than 1:100,000 over a 70 year lifespan, many companies feel it's safer to include the warnings regardless to avoid nondisclusure actions. https://askthescientists.com/qa/california-prop-65-warning/ https://askthescientists.com/qa/california-prop-65-warning/ You can find a similar listing for, say, Apple, Inc.'s products, running to 25 pages: https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Regulated_Substances_Specification_Sept2018.pdf https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Regulated_Substa... (PDF)

dredmorbius 5y ago
s/chancer/cancer/

0des 5y ago

>I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice? Is that because these warnings are so ubiquitous they've lost all meaning?

dehrmann 5y ago

I see a similar warning on balsamic vinegar, and I've seen it at a Starbucks for coffee.

Karsteski 5y ago
It's like the hazard warnings I've read on the SDS for water :)