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PROPOSITION 65 FAQ

WHAT IS CA PROPOSITION 65?

The official name of Proposition 65 is the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. The law requires businesses selling products in California to provide a warning when the product contains one or more of the approximately 1,000 chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm. Prop 65 is intended to help Californians make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals.

WHY HAVE WE PLACED A PROPOSITION 65 WARNING ON SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS?

Proposition 65 imposes large penalties for failing to provide a warning unless a business can prove that the presence of a listed chemical presents "no significant risk." By including a Proposition 65 warning label, Zempire acknowledges that the product may expose the user to one or more of the chemicals on the Prop 65 list. Zempire has not evaluated every product, and the listed chemical may be well within the "no significant risk" range, however, we have included these warnings out of caution.

The Proposition 65 statement is only required for goods sold in California, however, we are unable to easily separate products sold in the USA and other markets, so we have made the decision to label all products rather than risk the penalties for not complying with Proposition 65.

IS THE PRODUCT UNSAFE?

The California government has stated: “The fact that a product bears a Proposition 65 warning does not mean by itself that the product is unsafe. You could think of Proposition 65 more as a ‘right to know’ law than a pure product safety law.”

For further information about California’s Proposition 65, please visit http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/background/p65plain.html