Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill that will protect certain businesses from what he once called “frivolous shake-down” lawsuits over Proposition 65, the voter-approved California law that requires companies to post warning signs or labels when they expose customers to certain chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects.
Prop. 65 does not prohibit companies from using what has become a very long list of harmful chemicals, except for adding them to drinking water. But it does require companies with 10 or more employees to post warning labels of certain sizes and in certain places when customers are exposed to named substances above a certain limit.
Read full story at http://blog.sfgate.com/pender/2013/10/07/some-ca-businesses-get-legal-protection-from-toxic-warning-lawsuits/
Prop. 65 does not prohibit companies from using what has become a very long list of harmful chemicals, except for adding them to drinking water. But it does require companies with 10 or more employees to post warning labels of certain sizes and in certain places when customers are exposed to named substances above a certain limit.
Read full story at http://blog.sfgate.com/pender/2013/10/07/some-ca-businesses-get-legal-protection-from-toxic-warning-lawsuits/
