During the checkout process on a pair of coil springs I received this message from Rock Auto:

For those that don't know proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. In reality it's just a bureaucratic government program that's interfering with interstate commerce.

WTH is in a set of coil springs to cause that?? I know a lot of nice folks including family that live in Cali but I can't really see why. Too many foolish regulations.

 

Paint i guess. You have to have a certification that the paint used on the springs is safe under Cali law. So if I am a betting man, cert that the paint used is lead free and toxin free. If the paint is from china, who the heck knows what junk they put in their paint.

 

I wish I could say I was surprised, Unfortunately I can't.

 

so does that mean auto parts stores in Cali can't sell them either????

 

I have a client that has a company that obtains the certifications for the cali market for other companies. They do the testing, submit the reports to the state. Toys, car parts, boxes all kinds of stuff. Safe means the chemicals, including paint, are not known to cause cancer. If the paint has not been tested, they have to put the lable on. If the paint has been tested and comes up clean, they dont have to put the warning on. If the paint comes up safe, they can opt to put the warning on. Its screwed up I agree.

 

Yes and small business' can't afford to test so you just put the warning label on everything you sell

 

Just put another warning..."Do Not Eat the Springs" or "Do Not Suck Fingers after Installation".

 

But what happens if you pinch your finger putting them in?

 

You tell 'em Robert.

 

Yep, It is really a burden to have to suffer like this.

 

Shouldn't there be a warning label on the ocean? I mean just think of the things fish do in that water and it can cause drownings, shipwrecks, Krakens and Sponge Bob Square Pants. Not safe kids!

 

it's usually the lower class that suffers from overregulation and high prices....the upper class don't care [edited by admin for language, by chevman57]

 

Have the springs shipped to a friend in another state, then have the friend ship them to you.

 

I considered shipping them to my son in Arizona. Rock Auto had them listed as a "Wholesaler Closeout" item for only $46.42 for the pair. If I have to pay to ship them twice it's no longer a good deal.

 

Try to see if Summit can get them, they will ship to California if you tell them the car is for non highway use.

 

Simply put, it's harassment of capitalism.

 

When you see these labels on everything you buy, they become meaningless.....
In California, they are EVERYWHERE.

 

TRUE. Probably 90% of "things" on the list are perfectly safe but again the small business can not afford to try and get items on the OK list so it's perfectly legal to just post the warning label on everything to satisfy the government regulation. If your name is Greta then you might pay attention to the warning otherwise everyone else just ignores it

 

Really a shame when politicians go so far astray that pieces of spring steel need a cancer warning to enter Ca. I can understand this applying to chemicals, and things we normally associate with possible cancer risks. But I don't understand what happened to common sense?

 

I have an honestly love/hate relationship with Cali; I was raised near LA, and twice stationed in Monterey. I find a lot of state regulations irritating or troublesome, but I will state as fact- if I could afford to live on the Monterey peninsula, I would. Or certain parts of SoCal (Other places not so much; my daughter goes to Berkeley, and I’d sooner chew razor blades than live in the Oakland/Berkely area. Riverside? Just move to Phoenix and be done with it).
But state taxes on my military retirement, and property values being what they are, it just isn’t feasible.
So, it’s Texas for me, Y’all!
(But I get the attraction to Cali- I truly do)

 

Riverside? Just move to Phoenix and be done with it).

(But I get the attraction to Cali- I truly do)

Some of what you said is accurate and I agree 100%, but equating Riverside to Phoenix? Not hardly. I've lived in So-Cal my entire 57 years on this planet. The past 22 in Ontario, 15 min West of North/West Riverside. We have mild winters and it may get warm in the summer, occasionally well in to the 100's, but it will cool down 20+ degrees as soon as the sun goes down. Also, its 1 hour to Ski Resorts and 1.25 hours to Beach Cities.

 

Soooo, how much are you paying for gas in Carmel today? Yes, that area is beautiful

 

More then I want, but less then would break me.

The sun rose this morning as I drove to work. A sunrise so pretty I actually sat in my car and watched it. Just another day in paradise

 

I bought a set of screws from a California vendor to reinstall my window moldings after new glass installed. The packet had that label on it. My thought was I was glad I wasn't installing them in California.

 

You can keep your beach and everything that goes with it.

 

Jealous much?

 

Thread closed.
Terry