State Warning Label Laws Push Companies to Remove Toxic Chemicals Nationwide

New research reveals how California’s Proposition 65 chemical warning label law has demonstrated the broader impact of state-level environmental legislation.
State Warning Label Laws Push Companies to Remove Toxic Chemicals Nationwide
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A decades-old California transparency law requiring warning labels on products containing harmful chemicals has sparked widespread reformulation of consumer goods across the United States, according to new research.

Nearly 80 percent of businesses have changed their product formulations to avoid warning consumers about toxic chemicals, the new study found.

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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.