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• The Energy Fund created by Prop.
• There is no end or limit to the taxpayer dollars that could be used to subsidize billion-dollar corporations into perpetuity.
• No companies provided a commitment to use this program to build new generation if the amendment is passed by voters.
• For more information or questions, you can reach Sandie Haverlah, President of TCA, at (512) 423-0913.

• Consumer Watchdog has recommended establishment of a state land use commission to address this, and that insurance companies be required to insure all homeowners who harden their homes.
• Rules finalized last year require insurance companies to offer discounts to homeowners who protect their homes from fire.
• However, the discounts that insurers began proposing in April have yet to be approved for implementation by the Department of Insurance.
• "The insurance industry has shifted all of the costs of climate change onto homeowners, by non-renewing policies, increasing premiums, and delaying and denying claims.

• Today, the California Privacy Protection Agency and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a petition with California’s Third District Court of Appeal to overturn a recent trial court decision that imposed a 12-month delay on enforcement of the Agency’s privacy regulations.
• In November 2020, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) to advance stronger privacy protections with respect to the use of their personal information.
• The CPRA created the California Privacy Protection Agency as the first independent data protection authority in the United States to implement and enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
• At the end of June—just one day before the CPPA’s enforcement authority was set to commence—the Superior Court stayed enforcement of many of the CPPA’s recently adopted regulations based on its interpretation of a single ambiguous section in the CPRA.

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

• We found that many household products like shampoos, body lotions, cleaners and mothballs release toxic volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, into indoor air.
• In addition, we identified toxic VOCs that are prevalent in products heavily used by workers on the job, such as cleaning fluids, adhesives, paint removers and nail polish.
• However, gaps in laws that govern ingredient disclosure mean that neither consumers nor workers generally know what is in the products they use.

Why it matters

• We also found that people are likely co-exposed to many hazardous chemicals together as mixtures through use of many different products, which often contain many chemicals of health concern.
• For example, janitors might use a combination of general cleaners, degreasers, detergents and other maintenance products.
• Diethanolamine, a chemical frequently used in products like shampoos that are creamy or foamy, appeared in 40 different product categories.
• Some chemicals, such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and ethylene gylcol, are listed under Prop 65 because they are reproductive or developmental toxicants.

What still isn’t known

• Our analysis of the CARB data on volatile toxicants does not paint a complete picture.
• In addition, we were not able to identify specific products of concern because the agency aggregates data over whole categories of products.

What other research is being done

• Research by members of our team has also shown that product use varies by race and ethnicity, partly due to racialized beauty standards.
• We’ve found in other research that some manufacturers do choose to reformulate their products to avoid Prop 65 chemicals, rather than having to warn customers about toxic ingredients.
• Robin Dodson is Associate Director of Research Operations and a research scientist at the Silent Spring Institute, a scientific research organization dedicated to studying environmental factors in women’s health..
• Megan R. Schwarzman receives funding via the University of California, Berkeley from the California Breast Cancer Research Program, which supported this research.