Prop 65

Products sold by Dakotastones.com are intended for experienced jewelry-makers, designers, and artists; while children under the age of 14 should use them with adult supervision.

We at Dakota Stones make it a priority to comply with federal and state laws concerning the safety of products sold to consumers through the retail website. Certain states have guidelines and laws to protect their residents of the possibilities of exposure to problematic nickel, lead and other chemicals.

As we refer to California's Proposition 65 or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, we shall 'provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.' For a list of possible chemicals, it can be found at https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/ As this list is updated yearly, we will continue to update products to ensure these laws are met.

There are three major chemicals that have been associated with jewelry and jewelry making tools from the Prop 65 List.  

1) Lead  (Contains three subclasses)

Class 1 Components (No warning needed) 

Class 1 Components can be used in retail jewelry

• Stainless or surgical steel
• Karat gold
• Sterling silver
• Platinum, palladium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium or osmium
• Natural or cultured pearls
• Glass, ceramic, and crystal decorative components (e.g., cat's eye, cubic zirconia sometimes called cubic zirconia, CZ), glass, rhinestones, cloisonne)
• Cut & polished gemstones for ornamental purposes except the following: aragonite, bayldonite, boleite, cerussite, crocoite, ekanite, linarite, mimetite, phosgenite, samarskite, vanadinite, and wulfenite.
• Ceramics
• Elastic, fabric, ribbon or rope (unless lead has been intentionally added & it is listed in Class 2)
• Natural materials, including amber, bone, coral, feathers, fur, horn, leather, shell and wood (unless lead has been intentionally added

Class 2 Components (No warning needed when within listed content limits)

Class 2 components can be used in jewelry even though they may contain small amounts of lead. Allowable levels are outlined below.

• Electroplated metal alloys, including white plate, yellow plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, antiqued platings, etc., provided they contain:
      < 6% lead by weight.
• Unplated metals that contain less than 1.5% lead (for example, solid copper, raw brass sheet or wire, nickel silver, titanium and niobium)
• Gold fill, which is not electroplated, but mechanically bonded using heat and pressure
  
  
• Plastic or rubber, including acrylic, polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), provided they contain:
      < 0.02% (200 ppm) lead by weight
• Dyes or surface coatings containing less than 0.06% (600 ppm) lead by weight

Class Three Components  (No warning needed when within these limits)