This page offers tips to help you reduce your exposure to Proposition 65-listed chemicals in certain types of everyday consumer products and places of business.
Proposition 65 is a right-to-know law that helps consumers make informed decisions regarding their exposure to toxic chemicals. The law does this by requiring businesses to provide warnings when their products or places of business can expose consumers to chemicals on the Proposition 65 list.
Proposition 65 is one of several laws and programs implemented by the State of California to protect residents from harmful chemicals in consumer products and encourage businesses to use safer alternatives, whenever feasible.
If you see a Proposition 65 warning on a consumer product or place of business, this means that using the product or visiting the site can expose you to one or more chemicals on the Proposition 65 list for cancer or reproductive harm (i.e., potential harm to a developing embryo or fetus, or to a person’s ability to have a healthy baby). You may wish to contact the manufacturer to ask about the chemical exposure that prompted the warning.
Learn more about how Proposition 65 protects your health:
Children’s School Products
Back to school season? Our Think Outside the (Lunch)box! video and slide deck offers tips to help reduce your school-age child’s exposure to Proposition 65 chemicals at lunchtime. Available in English (slide deck; video) and Spanish (slide deck; video)!
Shopping for new children’s art supplies? Check out OEHHA’s list of art products to help you screen out products that contain toxic chemicals.
Apartments and Residential Rental Properties
Meet Ariana and Lizzie, two young Californians looking for a place to rent, who discover a Proposition 65 warning in their lease, and take stock of what to do. Our StoryMap article, Apartment Hunting: A Proposition 65 Story, showcases their experience. Read it to learn how you, too, can use Proposition 65 warnings to make an informed decision when choosing a place to live. Available in English and Spanish.
Did you see a Proposition 65 warning on a product or at a particular location? Click on the links below to learn more about what the warning means, and how you can reduce your exposure to Proposition 65-listed chemicals when using a product or visiting a place of business.
