They remind me of the safety labels on every day items containing often apparently ridiculously obvious warnings. Like electrical shock warnings on extension chords, or warnings to not put a ladder on a slippery surface.

For non US based individuals encountering these for the first time, they often were their first encounter with how different the US legal system really was/is from the rest of the world.

Back, demon!

------------------------------------------------------------ WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.

Is it consumer overprotection(in air quotes) culture at large or is it widespread runaway corporate politics