Originally Posted by Gresp15C

The cancer warnings are just the unintended side effect of Prop 65 that is visible to the rest of the world. The law created an incentive to over-report toxic substances in products, hence the vague labels.

But people forget the actual reason for Prop 65, which was that the EPA was not enforcing its own regulations in California, and the people wanted a stricter law. And the law has been credited with greatly reducing toxic emissions according to what I've been able to dig up on the topic.