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by NovemberWhiskey 724 days ago
The problem with Prop 65 is that we've delegated plaintiff's attorneys to conduct private enforcement actions. Also that the law requires a warning, but doesn't require an explanation of what the material is, what part of the product contains it, or how you are likely to get exposed to it.

As I mentioned elsewhere on this discussion, this is why pure cotton patches now come with Prop 65 warnings (if you might use them to clean a rifle...)

Rag on corporations all you want, but Prop 65 is a terrible law.

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it's almost like if corporations could pay politicians to turn good laws into garbage laws, uh?
The numbering scheme was a hint: there were no politicians involved with a ballot initiative. This is what demagoguery combined with direct democracy get you.
good point, butpropositions don't get created in a vacuum
Nothing happens in a vacuum, least of all government interventions into society.