CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65
Proposition 65 relates to the state of California and is an additional
requirement added to their Safe Drinking & Toxic Enforcement Act
of 1986. Prop 65 basically summarized states that:
“No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly discharge
or release a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive
toxicity into water or onto land where such chemical passes or
probably will pass into any source of drinking water...” and it goes on
to say “no person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and
intentionally expose any individual to a chemical known to the state
to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without fi rst giving clear and
reasonable warning to such individual...”
For more information contact the California Offi ce of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment at 916-445-6900.
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DANGER
A WIDE VARIETY OF COMPONENTS USED ON THIS VESSEL CONTAIN OR EMIT CHEMICALS
KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND OTHER
REPRODUCTIVE HARM.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
• ENGINE AND GENERATOR FUEL, EXHAUST, COOLANTS, AND OIL.
• CLEANERS, PAINTS, SUBSTANCES USED FOR VESSEL REPAIR.
• WASTE MATERIALS THAT RESULT FROM WEAR OF VESSEL COMPONENTS.
• LEAD FROM BATTERY TERMINALS
TO AVOID HARM:
• KEEP AWAY FROM ENGINE, GENERATOR, AND EXHAUST FUMES.
• WASH AREAS THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER AFTER HANDLING THE
SUBSTANCES ABOVE.
Harmful Substances Warning
5-31
Vessel Operation
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