Was looking at 1/4" drive torque wrench and noticed it had a Cal Prop 65 warning. What part of a metal wrench has Diisononyl Phthalateas as a part of it?
What is this California 'warning"
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Don't lick or chew on it!
OP
How long ago it was instituted doesn't answer the question. See poi#1.
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Read all about it. It's aimed at the people who manufacture and/or package the product. In this case the wrench maker.
https://www.epa.gov/chemicals-under...sca-risk-evaluation-diisononyl-phthalate-dinp
CA Prop 65 entry: (2017)
https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/fact-sheets/diisononyl-phthalate-dinp
https://www.epa.gov/chemicals-under...sca-risk-evaluation-diisononyl-phthalate-dinp
CA Prop 65 entry: (2017)
https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/fact-sheets/diisononyl-phthalate-dinp
I have to disagree.... why put the label on the final product if the proposition was made for the people making and packaging the product.... you put warnings on the bulitine board at the factory for this....
It is for the consumer;
I bought a pack of stainless steel bolts a few years back that had the warning on it and asked the same question. It is the lube and cooling chemicals used to make the metal product that just might still be on it. The California warning is kind of like a lot of 'improvements' we humans come up with.... on the face of it it made perfect since that if a product had the potential to do harm it should have a warning... now that practically everything has that warning it has become a joke.
It is for the consumer;
I bought a pack of stainless steel bolts a few years back that had the warning on it and asked the same question. It is the lube and cooling chemicals used to make the metal product that just might still be on it. The California warning is kind of like a lot of 'improvements' we humans come up with.... on the face of it it made perfect since that if a product had the potential to do harm it should have a warning... now that practically everything has that warning it has become a joke.
. . . and don't lick your fingers while/after using it.
Also, don't use your electric hair dryer in the shower/bath.
I thought Prop 65 was to warn people about certain chemicals in a product that may cause cancer?
I’ve seen that warning on brass products because they may contain lead.
I’ve seen that warning on brass products because they may contain lead.
Like George Carlin once said.....saliva causes cancer......but only when taken in small doses over a long period of time!
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/315983-saliva-causes-cancer-but-only-if-swallowed-in-small-amounts
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/315983-saliva-causes-cancer-but-only-if-swallowed-in-small-amounts
Well, besides myself, I'm gonna guess that several others here have handled un-coated LEAD bullet heads without gloves (which probably cause cancer themselves). After 60 years of doing this, I just started wearing nitrile (?) gloves when reloading. Besides, since I don't read very well, I can honestly say that I have NEVER read a warning on any product in my lifetime; in fact, up until I married my lovely wife, I never even checked an expiration date on anything.... When she moved into my house, she threw away almost all my canned goods.
So far, so good...!!!
J.
So far, so good...!!!
J.
My Craftsman 1/2" drive torque wrench has a plastic handle & lock ring. The Proto 3/8 drive appears to be all metal but has plastic plug in the end of the handle.
Apparently the 1/4" drive wrench you're looking at has the dreaded plastic in it some where. Lay it down gently & back away cautiously & don't take any wooden nickels..
Apparently the 1/4" drive wrench you're looking at has the dreaded plastic in it some where. Lay it down gently & back away cautiously & don't take any wooden nickels..
My suspicions include hexavalent chromium.
In industry, we were required to be trained in its safe handling, and everything containing haxavalent chromium, including plated tools, was labeled as hazardous not just in California.
In industry, we were required to be trained in its safe handling, and everything containing haxavalent chromium, including plated tools, was labeled as hazardous not just in California.
OP
Just checking the list of 'items' on the Prop 65 and a couple that 'JUMPED' out was:
- Alcoholic beverages
Listed for:
Cancer (04/29/2011)
- Aspirin (NOTE: It is especially important not to use aspirin during the last three months of pregnancy, unless specifically directed to do so by a physician because it may cause problems in the unborn child or complications during delivery.)
Listed for:
Developmental Toxicity (07/01/1990)
Female Reproductive Toxicity (07/01/1990)
Prop 65 was a marvelous piece of legislation passed by the citizens of California. It's intent was to provide information so folks could make informed decisions.
Then the government got involved and bent to the will of various special interest groups (not just environmental groups) and lawyers. It was perverted to a point where it has no semblance of its initial purpose.
Then the government got involved and bent to the will of various special interest groups (not just environmental groups) and lawyers. It was perverted to a point where it has no semblance of its initial purpose.
JohnL
Buckeye
Your jest aside, there are many parts of California that are quite nice to live in AND contain Republicans and conservatives. The northern counties, aka Bigfoot Country, and east of the Sierra Nevada in the desert.Not sure why anyone would want to live in California. Everything causes cancer there
Yaworski
Hawkeye
That's the idea but it has been taken to the extreme. I lost the sale of an expensive grill because of the Prop 65 warning. I told the customer to call me when he found a grill that didn't have that warning, I never heard from him. Washing machines have it, tools have it, and I'm sure light bulbs have it too.
Like many well intentioned warnings, it has become a joke.
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Prop 65 was past with the idea to inform people of products that had cancer causing material in them .
Unfortunately retailers and manufactures have had to put it on almost everything because if they don’t and miss something they can be in legal and civil trouble .
And there are numerous people just waiting to bring law suits against any company for the big pay day.
It has made prop 65 mute. You see the signs going into grocery stores and restraunts
Unfortunately retailers and manufactures have had to put it on almost everything because if they don’t and miss something they can be in legal and civil trouble .
And there are numerous people just waiting to bring law suits against any company for the big pay day.
It has made prop 65 mute. You see the signs going into grocery stores and restraunts
I used to spend winters working in a ski area in northern California, Donner Ski Ranch, so I can agree that the people who live in the mountains are different than the people living along the sea shore. The people who visit the mountains to ski, however, are mostly idiots.
Lawyers. 'Nuff said.
But you still have to live under Sacramento. So the north is for Big Foots and the South must be for big heads. . This might change after the fires though.
I wondered if you checked the expiration date of the marriage licsense
Coincidentally, I just looked at a GunBroker ad and saw this at the bottom:
I think what they are saying is that for more information, go to that website. They should probably reiterate that for clarity.
I think what they are saying is that for more information, go to that website. They should probably reiterate that for clarity.
As a former Commiefornian, the way it was explained to me when I still lived there was that there are so many things on the list that require the warning to be put on a product that, rather than have their products analyzed to see if any detectable amounts of any of the "bad" things are there it's easier, and cheaper, just to put the warning label on EVERYTHING and be done with it. This has the effect of rendering this law, in effect, moot as the warning labels have become a joke and nobody pays any attention to them anymore. Kind of like the old Aesop fabel, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".
Yeah, physically, geographically, and weather-wise, it's a beautiful place. Unfortunately, it is ruled by gov. Newscum, his left-lib democrat legislature, and LA, San Francisco, and Sacramento who spread their crazy throughout the entire state. Just those three cities, along with a few other selected areas, can usually outvote the rest of the state and they are completely filled with fruits and nuts.
JohnL
Buckeye
Been many years since Cali had a decent Governor.
Since Reagan.
