Proposition 65
November 20, 2008 Meeting Of The Science Advisory Board’s Developmental And Reproductive Toxicant (Dart) Identification Committee
[12/05/08]
Additional materials will be posted as they become available.
A meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) was held on November 20, 2008, at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Sacramento, California. Below are links to the slide presentations made by staff of the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and those members of the public that chose to make presentations. The segments of the agenda covered by this material include the “Consideration of Chemicals as Known to the State to Cause Reproductive Toxicity,” “Prioritization of Chemicals for Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Review,” and “Update of the Section 27000 List of Chemicals Which Have Not Been Adequately Tested as Required.”
The DARTIC determined that chlorpyrifos had not been clearly shown to cause reproductive toxicity; and therefore declined to add it to the Proposition 65 chemical list. However, the DARTIC determined that chromium (hexavalent compounds) had been clearly shown to cause reproductive toxicity (including all endpoints, developmental toxicity, male reproductive toxicity and female reproductive toxicity) and recommended that it be added to the Proposition 65 chemical list. The DARTIC advised against the preparation of hazard identification materials for total trihalomethanes, and instead advised OEHHA to proceed with preparing separate hazard identification materials for bromodichloromethane and chloroform. The DARTIC also advised OEHHA to prepare hazard identification materials for particulate matter. Additionally, the DARTIC voted unanimously to accept the identified additions and deletions to the Section 27000 list as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
A copy of the complete meeting transcript is available here.
Meeting agenda
The Hazard Identification Materials for Hexavalent Chromium and Chlorpyrifos and Relevant Studies for Particulate Matter and Total Trihalomethanes are available by following this link.
I. CONSIDERATION OF CHEMICALS AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY
A. Hexavalent Chromium
B. Chlorpyrifos
- Staff presentation
- Public comments
II. PRIORITIZATION OF CHEMICALS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANT IDENTIFICATION COMMITTEE REVIEW
A. Trihalomethanes
B. Particulate Matter
III. UPDATE OF THE SECTION 27000 LIST OF CHEMICALS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY TESTED AS REQUIRED,
- Staff presentation by Fran Kammerer, Staff Counsel, OEHHA
- Letter to James B. Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA, from Allan Hirsch, OEHHA, dated March 28, 2008
- Letter to Christopher Reardon, Chief Deputy Director, DPR, from Allan Hirsch, OEHHA, dated March 28, 2008
- Letter to Allan Hirsch, OEHHA from Jim Willis, U.S. EPA, dated April 23, 2008
- Letter to Allan Hirsch, OEHHA from Jack E. Housenger, U.S. EPA, dated July 1, 2008
- Letter to Cynthia Oshita, OEHHA from Jay Schreider, Ph.D., DPR dated May 15, 2008
- HSC 25249.8 excerpt follows
- Health and Safety Code § 25249.8. List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. (a) On or before March 1, 1987, the Governor shall cause to be published a list of those chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter, and he shall cause such list to be revised and republished in light of additional knowledge at least once per year thereafter. Such list shall include at a minimum those substances identified by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(b)(1) and those substances identified additionally by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(d).
(b) A chemical is known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter if in the opinion of the state's qualified experts it has been clearly shown through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, or if a body considered to be authoritative by such experts has formally identified it as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity, or if an agency of the state or federal government has formally required it to be labeled or identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity.
(c) On or before January 1, 1989, and at least once per year thereafter, the Governor shall cause to be published a separate list of those chemicals that at the time of publication are required by state or federal law to have been tested for potential to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity but that the state's qualified experts have not found to have been adequately tested as required.
(d) The Governor shall identify and consult with the state's qualified experts as necessary to carry out his duties under this section.
(e) In carrying out the duties of the Governor under this section, the Governor and his designates shall not be considered to be adopting or amending a regulation within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act as defined in Government Code Section 11370.
- Current Copy of Section 27000, Title 27 California Code of Regulation
- Draft Copy of Proposed Amendments to Section 27000, Title 27 California Code of Regulations
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