California causes cancer
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Well, this is certainly a new variant of the Proposition 65 warning on this label:
https://youtu.be/IKqWkksewDg?t=78
TL;DW :
PROP. 65 WARNING
The State of California contains
one or more chemicals known
to the State of California to
cause cancer, birth defects,
or other reproductive harm.
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@JBert I was incredibly amused to find this on my container of plumber's putty:
"WARNING: Cancer - www.p65warnings.ca.gov"
I have no idea if that "abbreviated" version of the warning is authorized. There are a couple of ways to read it.
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@heterodox said in California causes cancer:
I have no idea if that "abbreviated" version of the warning is authorized.
As an ex-CA resident, I don't either, but they're very common. And they're utterly useless, as they give you not the slightest hint as to what the hazard or is or whether there is anything you can do to minimize the risk. And they're on everything, including edible items. If you buy plants to grow your own fruits and vegetables, they have Prop. 65 warnings on the containers.
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@HardwareGeek said in California causes cancer:
@heterodox said in California causes cancer:
I have no idea if that "abbreviated" version of the warning is authorized.
As an ex-CA resident, I don't either, but they're very common. And they're utterly useless, as they give you not the slightest hint as to what the hazard or is or whether there is anything you can do to minimize the risk. And they're on everything, including edible items. If you buy plants to grow your own fruits and vegetables, they have Prop. 65 warnings on the containers.
Yeah they are on everything because California is a fucking asshole of a state and you can be sued if a 3rd party resells (as a valid distrubutor) your product to California and it doesn't have that label on it. You can be sued if the product was made before a label was required but not delivered to the consumer until after the label was required. The entire thing is fucking retarded and fucking useless but the easiest and cheapest thing for businesses to do is to add that fucking label to everything. Far cheaper than fighting that lunacy in court.
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@JBert it was painted.
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@boomzilla said in California causes cancer:
@JBert it was painted.
The horror! What if somebody were to lick the paint and get cancer!
