Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), Fairfax, Va., will host “Proposition 65 is Just the Beginning,” a webinar discussing the new warning-label requirements under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, also known as Proposition (Prop) 65.
The webinar will be held on Aug. 14 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST. Marci Kinter, vice president of SGIA’s government and business information, will present information, along with George Fuchs, director of technology and regulatory affairs at National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM), and Gary Jones, assistant vice president of environmental, safety and health, Printing Industries of America (PIA).
Administered by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), Prop 65 requires businesses to provide California residents with warnings about potential exposure to its designated list of chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, according to the company. The webinar will not only detail how the new warning requirements directly affect printers and suppliers, but also will discuss recent state and national regulations that will have a similar impact. The new requirements are effective this month.
Prop 65 warnings can include product labels, public or distributed posts in the workplace and website warnings for items purchased online. The name of at least one listed chemical that prompted the warning also must be indicated, as well as OEHHA’s new Prop 65 website address for additional information. Warnings also must include tailored information specific to certain types of exposures, products or places.
“The new warning regulation requirements impact not only those employers in the state, but anyone who provides products into the state, including via the internet,” Kinter says. “All should be aware of the new label requirements and what is required. Anyone who provides product or sells product into California should plan to attend our program.”
Violating Prop 65 can result in penalties as high as $2,500 per violation per day. To register for the webinar to learn more about Prop 65 and the printing industry, click here. — D.S.
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