taylorgeo

I've noticed some manufactures of cycling apparel and gloves have Proposition 65 Warnings on the label.

Does anyone avoid purchasing such apparel and gloves?

thinktubes 

ECC = everything causes cancer. Deal with it.

FiftySix

A California law that seems to affect everyone that might sell something that ends up in California. So Prop 65 warnings are added which really don't mean squat since the products are still able to be sold and purchased in California.

The best I can tell, 95% of all products I've come across in the last year have a Prop 65 label. No matter where that product came from or where it is sold to.

Bottom line, the Prop 65 label does not affect my purchases.

Germany_chris

As a real answer to your question I don’t wear anything that has a prop 65 warning

Mojo31

I'll buy it, but try not to ingest it.

mstateglfr 

I dont know of any clothing I own that has a prop65 warning.
I also dont look for it before ripping off the tags.

I do not avoid purchasing clothing with that warning as it never enters my mind as a consideration before purchase. Now I am slightly curious to see how much cycling clothing has a prop65 warning.

FiftySix

Prop 65 on clothing, but "complies with all state and federal product safety standards".

bbbean 

I'm sure someone does, but the warnings are ridiculous. The State of California uses unrealistic standards and ignores the simple fact that dosage makes the poison. Caffeine and alcohol may cause cancer. Everything MAY cause cancer.

Buy the gear you need. If you're buying from a reputable store and a reputable brand, it's safe.

CargoDane

I bought an MSR stove at one point (the Reactor). It too had that warning. When they warn about everything, it becomes meaningless.

GlennR

I just bought some N95 masks made in the USA and they have a Prop 65 warning.

Pratt

Bu t they continue to make a glaring omission. Sunlight is not just suspected, but actually, known to cause cancer, and yet it has no warnings.

cb400bill

As I don't live in California, I'm safe.

unterhausen

The fact that it's called "Prop 65" means that it was a ballot initiative and it didn't become law through the normal legislative process. I'm a little surprised that nobody in California has introduced a proposition to cancel it.

Lemond1985

Sadly, there's no way to squeeze money out of the manufacturer.

JohnDThompson 

Nah, it protects the manufacturer from liability. If you bought it and use it despite the warning, the risk is on you.

CargoDane

If so, it's not a warning, and it could have been relegated to the documents/user manual. Instead, it was wired (a thin wire) with other huge warnings about safety. Had to use a wire cutter to cut off the wire without destroying the cooker itself.

Some it is to protect themselves from liability, other things are by law (Prop 65).

Maelochs

Life remains the leading cause of death---and Nobody Talks About It.

The fact that there is no proof of the conspiracy is proof of the conspiracy.

Oxygen Oxide is so corrosive it actually destroys iron and steel. Yet no one warns us? And Dihydrogen Oxide is almost a universal solvent, and is implicated in countless swimming, boating, and fishing deaths---yet no one says a word.

We should be thankful that those brave Californians are not afraid to be afraid of everything, and are willing to spend money they don't have to warn the rest of us.

Reflector Guy

That is one crazy substance. It is used to make concrete, it is used to smother fires..... And some people actually drink the stuff!

Milton Keynes

But only in California.

Milton Keynes

And when they test substances on laboratory rats, they tend to give them a proportionate dosage that's WAY above what the average person is likely to encounter.

Gresp15C

The cancer warnings are just the unintended side effect of Prop 65 that is visible to the rest of the world. The law created an incentive to over-report toxic substances in products, hence the vague labels.

But people forget the actual reason for Prop 65, which was that the EPA was not enforcing its own regulations in California, and the people wanted a stricter law. And the law has been credited with greatly reducing toxic emissions according to what I've been able to dig up on the topic.

Milton Keynes

So, in other words, it is a measure voted on by a bunch of idiots in the voting population, rather than a measure dreamed up by an idiot representative of a bunch of idiots in the voting population.

Milton Keynes

Just like how marriage is the chief cause of divorce. The thing about life, though, is that nobody gets out of it alive.

CargoDane

That's sounds right. It's just annoying it is everywhere. It loses its meaning.

phughes

No, I just don't eat the gloves, and I avoid California since the state must be full of people who would eat gloves.