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Proposition 65 and the Ink Industry

Ink manufacturers and suppliers look for ways to handle complex compliance issues.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

California’s Proposition 65 is usually one of the first topics when the subject of chemical regulations in the US comes up. Prop 65, or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, its formal title, was approved by California voters in November 1986. Its stated goal, according to The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) website, is as follows:   “The proposition protects the state’s drinking water sources from being contaminated with chemicals known to cau...

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