Prop 65 Benchmark

Cosmetics and personal care: Proposition 65 notices and settlements

Notices about products in the category Cosmetics and personal care, and what they settled for.

Notices
1,472
8% withdrawn
Recorded settlements
261
19% of active notices
Median total payment
$20,000
range $4,500 to $6,187,502, n=261
Median days to settlement
n/a
from notice filing date
PaymentMedianMiddle halfRangeSample
Civil penalty$1,500$500 to $2,500$100 to $850,000261
Attorney fees and costs$19,000$14,500 to $24,950$4,000 to $4,778,942261
Total payments$20,000$15,000 to $27,500$4,500 to $6,187,502261

Settlements that ended in reformulation: 81%. Settlements that ended in warnings: 89%. A settlement reported under several notice numbers is counted once.

Most common chemicals

ChemicalsNotices
Diethanolamine865
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)274
Lead98
Titanium dioxide (airborne72
unbound particles of respirable size)72
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