A Word on the Prop 65 Warning

You may have noticed the following label on our new vinyl GPX3 packaging and wondered why it was there:

WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

According to California Proposition 65, formally known as The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, any products sold in California that contain chemicals on the Proposition 65 List of potentially hazardous substances must display this warning. There is a broad array of products that contain chemicals listed on the Prop 65, including plastics, counter tops, household items and industrial products. Vinyl gloves, being manufactured from plastic, are no exception.

Vinyl gloves contain plasticizers, which are additives used to increase the plasticity and flexibility of hard plastics such as PVC. There are four main plasticizers used in the production of vinyl gloves:

1) DEHP (diethylhexyl phthalate)
2) DIDP (di-isodecyl phthalate)
3) DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate)
4) DINP: (diisononyl phthalate)

The first three, DEHP, DIDP and DNHP are currently listed in the Proposition 65 listing of chemicals. DINP is currently not listed and therefore does not require special labeling for the state of California. Ammex vinyl gloves contain DINP, which has been used as an alternate plasticizer to DIDP and DEHP. However, at a meeting held on May 29th 2009 by the Carcinogen Identification Committee, DINP was put towards the bottom of the “High Priority” chemicals to be added to the list . Ammex has proactively decided to add the notice to our boxes of GPX3 vinyl gloves in anticipation of the future ruling. You can expect to see this label on our other vinyl glove packaging over the course of the year.

What Does This Mean to Me?

Keep in mind that the level of DINP present in vinyl gloves is minimal and that the state of California is the only state requiring special labeling. Ammex has added the Prop 65 Notice to its vinyl glove products to be compliant with Section 1 of the California Health and Safety Code given that our gloves are sold and/or transported within California.

If you have any questions or would like further information on the California Proposition 65, please visit the website of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHA) of the Government of California at http://www.oehha.org/prop65.html

Sincerely Yours,

The Ammex Glover



References:

California Proposition 65 (1986), Retrieved on August 12th 2009 from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_65_(1986)

i-Meeting State of California Office of Environmental Proposition 65 Carcinogen Identification Committee, Retrieved from Health Hazard Retrieved from Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on August 17th 2009:
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/public_meetings/pdf/cicMeetingTranscipt052909.pdf.


Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
http://www.oehha.org/prop65.html

Plasticizer, Retrieved August 12th 2009 from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticizer

-Ammex Glover   ·  08/15/2008

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