California Proposition 65 (1986)
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Proposition 65 is a law in California created to promote clean drinking water and keep toxic substances that cause cancer and birth defects out of consumer products. Proposition 65 is the reason Californians enjoy greatly reduced levels of lead, arsenic, and other toxics in day to day living. It is also why Californians are informed with warning signs when these toxics are above the legal level. [1] (http://www.oehha.org/prop65/whats_new/index.html) Industry critics and corporate defense lawyers charge that Proposition 65 is in "a clever and irritating mechanism used by litigious NGOs and others to publicly spank politically incorrect opponents ranging from the American gun industry to seafood retailers etc." [2] (http://www.fisheries.ifcnr.com/article.cfm?NewsID=495)
See also: Environmentalism