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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of
the California Environmental Protection Agency is adding three chemicals
to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer, for
purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of
1986 (Proposition 65 or the Act). The chemicals are listed effective
October 29, 1999.
Bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl)ether (technical grade), 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene
and estragole are listed as carcinogens based upon determinations
by the "state’s qualified experts" (the Carcinogen
Identification Committee) at a public meeting that they have been
clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to
generally accepted principles, to cause cancer. Regulations governing
the listing of chemicals by the "state’s qualified experts"
mechanism are published in Title 22,
California Code of Regulations (22 CCR), Section 12305(a)(1).
The reader is directed to the Notice
to Interested Parties published in the July 16, 1999 issue
of the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 99, No. 29-Z)
for the supporting documentation which the Committee relied upon
in making its determination that the criteria for listing have been
satisfied. A complete, updated chemical list is published elsewhere
in this issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register.
The three chemicals listed, effective October 29, 1999, and
the mechanism under which each is listed, are shown below:
Carcinogens
| Chemical |
CAS No.
|
Listing
mechanism1
|
Bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl)ether,
technical grade |
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|
SQE
|
| 1-Chloro-4-nitrobenzene |
100-00-5
|
SQE
|
| Estragole |
140-67-0
|
SQE
|
1. Listing mechanism:
SQE - "state’s qualified experts" mechanism
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For questions regarding Proposition 65, please contact the Cynthia
Oshita in the Proposition 65 Implementation Program
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