Proposition 65 Policy

Proposition 65 or Prop65, officially the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is a law that requires warnings be provided to California consumers when they might be exposed to chemicals identified by California as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. The warnings are intended to help California consumers make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals from the products they use. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) administers the Proposition 65 program and publishes the listed chemicals, which includes more than 850 chemicals. In August 2016, OEHHA adopted new regulations, effective on August 30, 2018, which change the information required in Proposition 65 warnings.

Defender provides warnings on the product page of any products which may contain ingredients, chemicals or materials that may cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

Additional Information about Proposition 65 For background on the new Proposition 65 warnings, see https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/new-proposition-65-warnings.

Proposition 65 and its regulations are posted at https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/law/proposition-65-law-and-regulations.

To give Defender notice of any alleged inaccuracies of Proposition 65, please contact our in-house staff during business hours at 1-800-628-8225 or email us