The California Environmental Protection Agency's (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced its intent to list furfuryl alcohol (CAS Reg. No. 98-00-0), also known as 2-furanmethanol, as a chemical known to the State to cause cancer under Proposition 65. The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, or Proposition 65, requires the governor of California to publish, at least annually, a list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.

The California Environmental Protection Agency's (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced the addition of ethylene glycol (ingested) to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65, effective June 19, 2015. Ethylene glycol is a precursor used in the manufacture of polyester resins, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added bisphenol A (BPA) to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (also known as "Proposition 65" or "Prop 65") on May 11, 2015. Prop 65 requires the governor of California to publish, at least annually, a list of chemicals "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity." Consumer products containing Prop 65-listed substances may be subject to labeling requirements under the law.

The Court of Appeal of the State of California affirmed on March 17, 2015, a lower court's ruling that food companies may average exposures over time to determine if levels of reproductive toxicants in their products are sufficiently low to exempt them from the need to provide a warning under Proposition 65.

The California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that Bisphenol A (BPA) will be considered for listing as a reproductive toxicant under Proposition 65 at the next meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC), to be held May 7, 2015. Proposition 65, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires the governor of California to publish, at least annually, a list of chemicals "known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity."

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has published a notice of proposed rulemaking to repeal the current criteria for providing a "clear and reasonable" warning under Proposition 65 and adopt new regulations that would require more detailed information be provided about potential exposures to listed chemicals.

Earlier this year, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amending the regulations adopted pursuant the state's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly known as Proposition 65) to clarify the way in which OEHHA identifies potential chemicals to be added to the Proposition 65 list via the Labor Code. Proposition 65 requires the governor of California to publish, at least annually, a list of chemicals "known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity."

The California Environmental Protection Agency's (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice on April 11, 2014, stating that it intends to list ethylene glycol as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65.

The California Environmental Protection Agency's (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published on March 28, 2014, a Notice of Intent to List methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) as a chemical known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65.

California's Proposition 65 has been reformed to allow business owners who correct certain types of alleged violations within 14 days to pay only a nominal fine of $500; prior to the amendment, business owners could have been subjected to penalties up to $2,500 per day for each violation.