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Opinion: CAUTION -- Warning Label Overload

Jan 15th 2010 – 4:00PM
Bob Dorigo Jones

Bob Dorigo Jones

(Jan. 15) -- The Foundation for Fair Civil Justice each year releases its annual Wacky Warnings Award. My personal all-time favorite was the stroller that warns: "Remove child before folding." Another is an iron label that warns the user to not use it on clothes that are currently being worn. I was reminded of this when I...

Prop65 News From the Web

  • 08/25/11 Poms Provides Prop 65 Coverage Source: Natural Products Industry Insider LOS ANGELES—Greg Doherty, dietary supplement practice leader at Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers , said the company has received greater interest from the nutraceutical industry following moves by BodyBuilding.com to seek Prop 65 protection from its suppliers.
  • 07/01/11 FBO Coalition Seeks Injunction Source: Airport Business A coalition of fixed-based operators (FBOs) and fuel distributors who sell leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) in California have sued the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and the Attorney General of the State of California in response to a notice of an intended lawsuit against coalition members for supplying and using leaded aviation gasoline, allegedly in violation of the California Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop 65).
  • 01/31/11 Searchable Proposition 65 Chemical Database Released... Source: Web Wire Columbia Analytical Services, Inc. announces a new website service that allows users to search the California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) chemical list online.
  • 10/21/10 Prop 65 Raises Ire Source: Natural Products Industry Insider LAS VEGAS—While many food and dietary supplement companies have been under attack in California for violations of the state's Proposition 65—addressing the presence of possible carcinogens in a product—getting proactive can help reduce the risk of facing a lawsuit or seeing a hot ingredient added to the Prop 65 list.

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