California Proposition 65, the Drinking Water Safety and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, was enacted in November 1986 to protect the residents of California and the state's drinking water sources from substances known to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive hazards, and to notify residents of the presence of such substances in products. The California List of 65 Controlled Substances, which is published by OEHHA and updated quarterly, was first published in 1987 and now includes more than 900 substances.
Core control requirements:
(1) No person shall knowingly discharge or release in the course of business a substance known to the State of California to be carcinogenic or reproductively toxic into a water source or into land or land that may contaminate a water source.
2. Warning requirements: After a chemical is included in the controlled list, manufacturers and distributors must complete the implementation of the warning within 12 months and terminate the discharge of the chemical into the source of drinking water within 20 months. After this date, government or individual law enforcers, including individuals or organizations acting on behalf of the public interest, may initiate proceedings against violators of the statute. Warning requirements must be "clear and reasonable" and can take many forms.
3. Limit requirements for hazardous substances: The California Act 65 Control List itself does not set limits for substances, the control limits for hazardous substances in products, referring to existing lawsuits or agreements for such products, these documents may agree on the limit requirements for certain substances in a certain class of products and test methods.
(4) When the company conducts California 65 control, it should first compare the substance control requirements established in the existing litigation of such products, and then refer to this control to investigate the hazardous substances in the product.
Products/Materials | standard request | |
Copper container with welded parts | plumbum:200 ppm | |
PVC wire and cable cover (except for wires and cables inside the product and others that are not often touched) | Requirements: 1 The outer layer of wire and cable is not intentionally added to lead, 2 The lead content of the outer layer of the wire and cable is ≦300 ppm | |
cosmetics | Lead ≦ 0.35ppm (Lipstick and lip gloss) Lead ≦ 0.5ppm (Other cosmetics) | |
Bicycle PVC material | Do not intentionally add lead and: Handles and cables: Lead ≦ 300 ppm (wheel diameter > 20 inches) Lead ≤ 30 ppm (wheel diameter ≤ 20 inches) All other PVC components: Lead ≦ 300 ppm | |
aluminum cookware | Lead > 6 ppb(require at least 6 random samples for testing) should be marked with warning | |
Software for food containers and beverage containers | Lead ≦ 200 ppm(inner) Lead ≦ 600 ppm(outer) | |
PVC/ neoprene and/or other plastic clothing | plumbum≦ 30 ppm | |
Glass or ceramic products with exterior decoration | children product | External decoration (including edge area) Lead ≦ 0.06 cadmium ≦0.48% |
Glass ceramic utensils for food/beverage | Decorative extension to the edge: Lead ≦200ppm cadmium ≦800ppm (for ceramic products to meet the requirements of the United States material testing standards for lead and cadmium dissolution) Decoration not extended to edge: Lead ≦600ppm cadmium ≦4800ppm | |
Glass and ceramic products for non-food/beverage use | External lead and cadmium wipe test, decorative lead ≦600ppm cadmium ≦4800ppm, all surface lead and cadmium wipe (for ceramic products can choose to carry out lead and cadmium immersion test) three options | |
PVC or neoprene coatings in sports products and weights | plumbum≦200ppm | |
jewelry | Lead content requirements depend on its material composition and type table | |
