The California 65 Test Report is a report issued after testing the product for relevant chemical substances in accordance with the requirements of California Proposition 65 (also known as the California Hazardous Substances Release Inventory of 1986 or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act). The details are as follows:
Testing purpose: The proposal aims to protect California residents from chemicals that may cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, and to protect California’s drinking water resources from known carcinogenic, birth defect-causing or other reproductive toxic chemicals. The test report is used to prove whether the product meets the relevant requirements of California Proposition 65 and ensure that the product will not cause harm to human health.
Testing items: mainly include phthalates (such as DEHP, BBP, DBP, etc.), heavy metals (such as lead, cadmium), formaldehyde, flame retardants, bisphenol A (BPA), etc.
Limit standards: The lead content limit of general parts shall not exceed 100ppm (0.01%), the lead content limit of paint shall not exceed 90ppm (0.009%), and the phthalate limit shall not exceed 1000ppm (0.1%), etc. The standards usually adopt the EPA standards.
Report function: For companies selling products in California, the test report is an important basis for proving the compliance of their products, which can avoid the risks of lawsuits and high compensation due to the lack of warning labels for products containing excessive harmful substances. At the same time, for sellers on e-commerce platforms, such as Amazon, sellers are sometimes required to provide California 65 test reports to ensure that products can be legally sold on the platform.