California Prop 65 Warning Coffee Mug

It s one of those cheap white ones made in china and decorated here often sold as souvenirs.

California prop 65 warning coffee mug. In this march 30 2018 photo a posted proposition 65 warning sign is seen behind a coffee mug at a starbucks coffee shop in burbank calif. Ceramic coated interior a travel mug such as contigo vaccum insulated stainless steel twistseal glaze travel mug and kyocera stainless steel travel mug have a ceramic coated interior. I recently bought a coffee mug at a school fundraiser. California has officially concluded coffee does not pose a significant cancer risk.

You d be hard pressed to find a replacement that wouldn t have such a warning. The safe drinking water and toxic enforcement act better known as proposition 65 requires warning labels for about 900 chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects. Superior court judge elihu berle has issued a final. Cancer and reproductive harm www p65warnings ca gov.

Berle ruled in march that coffee should carry the warning labels mandated by california s proposition 65 because the brew contains acrylamide a chemical. However this one has a sticker that says. June 27 2019 posted in technical i received word via my friend bernie henn from verisk3e recently that oehha the governing body behind california s proposition 65 declared that coffee will not be required to carry the ubiquitous label stating you could be exposed to chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects. It s probably due to sticker glue plastic or even the metal alloy.

California law requires this warning. I have a bunch of them from various places and events. 1 point 10 months ago. If you have ever purchased something very ordinary sneakers an artificial christmas tree jewelry you may have noticed an incongruous prop 65 cancer warning mandated by the state.

California proposition 65 also known as the safe drinking water and toxic enforcement act of 1986 refers to the california legislation that was intended by its authors to protect california citizens and the state s drinking water sources from chemicals known to cause cancer birth defects or other reproductive harm and to inform citizens about exposures to such chemicals. Non toxic travel mugs some stainless steel travel mugs have california proposition 65 warning. Extreme fringe examples where you attempt to clean your coffee mug with say acid.