Proposition 65 Declaration The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known by its original name of Proposition 65, requires that the State of California publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. This list, has grown to include approximately 900 chemicals since it was first published in 1987. Businesses must notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or workplaces, or that are released into the environment. By providing this information, Proposition 65 enables Californians to make informed decisions about protecting themselves from exposure to these chemicals. Changes to Proposition 65 regulation that become effective this year will affect all Nilfisk products distributed throughout the 50 states. Under the new regulations, all products produced on or after August 30, 2018, and sold in (or into) California, must provide consumer warnings prior to the time of retail sale of the product. As a result, Nilfisk has implemented a warning label, with the following wording: “WARNING Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.” Our products are labelled with this warning as chemicals such as Lead (Pb, CAS number: 7439-92-1) and Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP, CAS: 68515-49-1/ 26761-400), which can cause cancer and reproductive harm respectively, can be found in our products. Although some of the chemicals on the Proposition 65 list are also restricted by European legislations such as REACH, RoHS or POP, which Nilfisk products comply with, these chemicals may be present below the European compliance limits which are considered safe or exemptions exits (e.g copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight is allowed and considered a safe limit in Europe), why Nilfisk is labelling with the Proposition 65 warning. Nilfisk’s mission statement is “We enable sustainable cleaning worldwide to improve quality of life”, and are continuously working on restricting or substituting the use of hazardous chemicals in order to improve the protection of human health and the environment. Nilfisk A/S Kornmarksvej 1 DK-2605 Brøndby Denmark Tel.: +45 43 23 81 00 Fax: +45 43 42 89 18 e-mail: mail@nilfisk.com www.nilfisk.com Nilfisk A/S August, 2018
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