NGO’s Prop 65 Lawsuit Targets Undisclosed Cocamide DEA

Oakland, Calif.-based Center for Environmental Health calls out more than 100 manufacturers and retailers of cocamide deithanolamine-containing products that it says are noncompliant with the state’s Proposition 65 regulation. CEH has filed suit against four of them.

The Center for Environmental Health has filed suit against four manufacturers and retailers that have failed to properly notify consumers that their products contain cocamide diethanolamine, which the state of California has linked to cancer.

The NGO is taking action under the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, or Proposition 65, which requires manufacturers to disclose to consumers the presence of chemicals with suspected carcinogenic or reproductive toxicity risks when

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