Proposition 65 information

California’s Proposition 65 requires a warning before exposing anyone in California to certain listed chemicals. This is ours.

WARNING

This product can expose you to chemicals including lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Download the warning label (PDF)

Which products this covers

This warning applies to every product sold on this site.

What Proposition 65 is

Proposition 65 is a California right-to-know law, formally the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. It requires businesses to warn Californians before exposing them to chemicals on a state-maintained list.

A Proposition 65 warning is not a statement that a product is unsafe, that it violates a safety standard, or that it exceeds any federal limit. It means the product can expose you to a listed chemical, and California requires you to be told.

Reducing exposure

Ordinary sensible practice covers most of it: do not put fasteners in your mouth, wash your hands after handling them, and keep them away from small children - a loose screw is a choking hazard long before it is a chemical one.