Just bought some nanobraid and noticed on the package it has a cancer and reproductive harm warning. It has the p65 warning. My question is is this something that the end user like us Fisherman should be concerned about? I know it sounds like a stupid question but I don’t remember seeing this before.
That warning gets stamped on a million things……it probably gets the stamp because an ingredient to it’s chemical composure has caused cancer in rats with a ton of exposure……If I get cancer from touching too much fishing line I’ll die a happy man.
If I were you I’d be infinitely more concerned about UV rays from the sun…..Cover up and wear sunscreen.
Just bought some nanobraid and noticed on the package it has a cancer and reproductive harm warning. It has the p65 warning. My question is is this something that the end user like us Fisherman should be concerned about? I know it sounds like a stupid question but I don’t remember seeing this before.
It only causes cancer if you live in California.
Good thing I don’t live there!!
It is the product of a lawsuit in California.
It is the product of a lawsuit in California.
Not really.
https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/about-proposition-65
What is Proposition 65?
Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. These chemicals can be in the products that Californians purchase, in their homes or workplaces, or that are released into the environment. By requiring that this information be provided, Proposition 65 enables Californians to make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals.
Proposition 65 also prohibits California businesses from knowingly discharging significant amounts of listed chemicals into sources of drinking water.
Proposition 65 requires California to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. This list, which must be updated at least once a year, has grown to include approximately 900 chemicals since it was first published in 1987.
Proposition 65 became law in November 1986, when California voters approved it by a 63-37 percent margin. The official name of Proposition 65 is the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
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It is the product of a lawsuit in California.Not really.
https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/about-proposition-65
What is Proposition 65?
Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. These chemicals can be in the products that Californians purchase, in their homes or workplaces, or that are released into the environment. By requiring that this information be provided, Proposition 65 enables Californians to make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals.
Proposition 65 also prohibits California businesses from knowingly discharging significant amounts of listed chemicals into sources of drinking water.
Proposition 65 requires California to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. This list, which must be updated at least once a year, has grown to include approximately 900 chemicals since it was first published in 1987.
Proposition 65 became law in November 1986, when California voters approved it by a 63-37 percent margin. The official name of Proposition 65 is the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
Yes really, it became a law after many lawsuits to do so.
The only reason I asked the question is you end up putting the line in your mouth to wet your knot.looking forward to getting out and trying this new to me line!
Yes really, it became a law after many lawsuits to do so.
There was a lawsuit against suffix?
The only reason I asked the question is you end up putting the line in your mouth to wet your knot.looking forward to getting out and trying this new to me line!
All cooked food food contains carcinogens. I wouldn’t worry about unlesss you are chewing the fishing line in place of chewing tobacco.
It may be a blanket warning put on fishing tackle. I know lead has gotten a bad rap because years ago kids in cribs gnawed on wood rails painted with lead based paints and contracted lead poisoning, so now fishing tackle is required to carry the lead ingestion warning to help prevent people from chewing on jigs containing lead. I’m sure that at some point in time something was known to be a cancer causer in lab animals so n assumption was made that people ingesting that something at lab rates would get cancer too and unfortunately that something was also used, to a miniscule degree, in the process to make your line and hence the label’s warning.
A bunch of years ago sugar, the stuff you’d use on cereal, was determined to cause cancer too. Then food grilled on charcoal grills came under fire. There’s always a scare of some sort. Nicotine causes cancer, that’s proven. If the country was serious about stopping lung and other nicotine related cancers they’d stop every source of nicotine in our environment from being made available. Your Nanobraid….you are in more danger of getting a snag, braking off suddenly causing it to wrap around your neck and choke you to death.
No, to get p 65 made law in the 80s and then more recently to get it actually listed on almost everything we buy. Look for it. It’s every where and just popped up in the last year even though it’s been law for over 30.
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