California's strange product warning labels

Thanks to a long-delayed effect of the California Health and Safety Code's Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, consumer electronics manufactures have finally been forced to disclose even minute amounts of lead in their products. That means that some products, like Kensington's Pilot mouse, contain scary warnings such as: "The cord on this product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling." It seems some consumers were so scared with the warnings that they returned the products. Not that we can really blame them all that much, can we?