More information about California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act is available from the following state agencies, publications and advocacy organizations:

Proposition 65

Consumer Product Safety

Toxics

Proposition 65

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

OEHHA maintains the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm. OEHHA's website provides information about the listing process, the current list of chemicals, and the regulations implementing Proposition 65.

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Office of the Attorney General for the State of California

The California Attorney General's office enforces Proposition 65 as well as oversees the enforcement activity by private parties and other public agencies. The Attorney General's website provides a database of notices of violations that have been issued since the law was enacted as well as summaries of private enforcement actions.

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Prop 65 Clearinghouse

Prop65clearinghouse.com provides timely information and resources for the Proposition 65 community, including reports, customized research, conferences, and consulting services.

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Prop 65 News

Prop 65 News is a publication focusing on regulatory, litigation and scientific developments in Proposition 65.

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California League for Environmental Enforcement Now

CLEEN is a coalition of environmental and public health advocates, law firms and organizations committed to protecting and strengthening laws regulating toxic pollution and keeping drinking water safe in California.

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Consumer Product Safety

Consumer Product Safety Commission

The CPSC is the federal agency charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury and death from over 15,000 types of consumer products. The CPSC works to protect consumers from products that pose a fire, electrical, mechanical or chemical hazard. The CPSC website contains information about recalls and safety tips as well as publications and standards information.

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Toxics

The websites below provide further information on many of the heavy metals and other chemicals that are the subject of As You Sow's research, investigation and environmental enforcement activity. Many of the groups that As You Sow has supported with grants from monies recovered as a result of our environmental enforcement efforts are also working in toxics reduction and prevention. Visit our grantees section for links to additional groups working to eliminate toxins from the environment.

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California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch

The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991 declared that childhood lead exposure is the most significant childhood environmental health problem in California. As a result, this division of California's Department of Health Services is charged with reducing the incidences of childhood lead exposure within the state by identifying and caring for children suffering lead burdens as well as preventing environmental exposures to lead.

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