Warning labels on products containing potentially toxic ingredients can protect consumers and preemptively influence product formulation. A recent study shows California's Proposition 65 has prompted various industries to reformulate products by reducing harmful ingredients or eliminating them entirely to avoid litigation. Researchers from Silent Spring Institute found that businesses altered formulations, affecting not just California but potentially protecting consumers outside the state as well. This law fills a regulatory gap by encouraging safer practices, as highlighted by attorney Michael Freund's experience with companies operating under legal permits for toxic emissions, which may not adequately protect public health.
Requiring warning labels on products with potentially toxic ingredients not only prevents them from consumer shopping carts, but also prompts companies to reformulate products before they reach the market.
California's Proposition 65 has led many companies to reduce or eliminate harmful ingredients in their products to avoid litigation, benefiting consumers nationwide.
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