Proposition 65

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In 1986, the California electorate overwhelmingly passed Proposition 65, formally known as “The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.”  In enacting Proposition 65, the electorate explicitly found that California state agencies had failed to protect Californians from hazardous chemicals that pose a serious potential threat to their health and well-being.  Proposition 65 is a “right to know” law, recognizing and enforcing the public’s right to know whether consumer products contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm.