I have a London Fog suitcase and traveling bag from the Chatham Collection. It was designed in the United States but made in China.
They both have a warning on them saying "Warning: This Product Contains Chemicals Known To The State of California To Cause Cancer, or Birth Defects or Other Reproductive Harm."
It does NOT say which chemicals. Nor does it say the ways in which someone would become exposed to them. From what I understand if these chemicals are in there in significant amounts this label must be on the product in California even if it's not something you would eat and the only way to be harmed by the chemicals is to eat the product.
But I don't know if that's the case for this product. It's a very nice suitcase so I don't want to return it if it is safe. However, I have searched for over an hour and can NOT find any useful information on this. I did find a list of the chemicals that require this label but it didn't say what products they were in or the ways in which a person could become exposed, so that does me no good.
I was hoping that given this is a science forum some people here may be knowledgeable about this.
EDIT: I noticed this:
It says "Manufactured on: [04/01/2014]
This product contains hardwood plywood with a composite core that is California 93120 Phase 2 compliant for formaldehyde."
So it's formaldehyde. Still how dangerous is this? Should I return it?
