When I saw this post this morning, I forwarded to my manager to see how it effected us. He contacted our legal folks. They came back with a ~10-page document that lists all the chemicals found by this committee. This leads me to 2 questions.
Doesn't the California government know that the leading cause of death is life? And, does the California government not have anything better to do with their tax dollars? Jen Hovland Sr. EMC Engineering Technician Regulatory Compliance Phone: (605) 232-2230 x26548 Fax: (605) 232-2814 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Werlwas, Mark [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:06 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Proposition 65 | For those on the frontline: has anyone been exposed to any of | these legal | requirements? Would you mind sharing your experience(s)? | ... | 2. The State of California statue called Proposition 65 requires that | manufacturers place a warning label on the containers of | products (and the | products themselves) if they contain harmful carcinogens or chemicals, | including lead. The solder on your circuit boards constitutes | a product | with toxic exposure potential to both customers and employees. | As a resident here on the left coast I can share a personal observation. It seems like every building has (or had) a prop. 65 warning on it. Apparently there are detectable levels of listed chemicals everywhere. So most buildings are labeled. Even gas pumps are labeled. The labels were placed almost everywhere so I don't think that people pay any attention to them any more -- at least I don't notice them any longer. I don't know why signs are not posted outside of the buildings, I've heard that sunlight can cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm too. Here is a link to California's EPA page describing the law: http://www.oehha.org/prop65/p65plain.htm Here is a link to a dissenting opinion on the law. http://www.public-policy.org/~ncpa/studies/s137/s137b.html This link has some interesting (although I don't know how accurate) information regarding relative risks in the tables. Mark Werlwas Mark Werlwas Product Safety Engineer Lam Research 4650 Cushing Parkway Fremont, California 94538 --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
