About a year ago, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment (OEHHA)
proposed to amend the short form warning rules for
Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires businesses to warn
Californians about exposure to certain chemicals through
"clear and reasonable" warnings. There are
currently two forms of "safe harbor" warnings, one of
which is the short form warning. The short form warning requires
less detail, takes up less label space, and does not require the
listing of any chemical names, which has made it a popular
choice.
OEHHA, concerned about misuse of the short form warning proposed
to modify the short form warning rule in early 2021 to provide
consumers with more detailed information and to limit the use of
short form warnings to small products. The public comment
period for these initial proposed revisions closed on March 29,
2021. Following the public comment period and a public hearing,
OEHHA received over 150 written and oral comments.
