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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is adding a chemical to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65¹). The chemical is environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is listed effective June 9, 2006.

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) was considered by the “state’s qualified experts” (the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee of the OEHHA Science Advisory Board²) at a public meeting held on May 24, 2006. The DART Identification Committee determined that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) was clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause developmental toxicity. Regulations governing the criteria for listing of chemicals by the “state’s qualified experts” (DART Identification Committee) mechanism are set out in Title 22, California Code of Regulations, section 12305(b)(1).

A complete, updated chemical list is published elsewhere in this issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register.

In summary, the following chemical is being listed under Proposition 65 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity:

Reproductive Toxicity

¹Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq.
²Health and Safety Code section 25249.8(b) and Title 22, Cal Code of Regs., section 12302 et seq.
³Listing mechanism: SQE – “state’s qualified experts” mechanism (22 CCR section 12305(b)(1)).

Follow this link to download a copy of this notice as a pdf file.

Download the June 09, 2006 list sorted alphabetically as a PDF file here.

If you would like to sort the list by CAS number or date, please download the June 09, 2006 list as a MS Excel spreadsheet here. You can then sort the list by date, CAS number or chemical name using MS Excel.

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For questions regarding Proposition 65, please contact the Cynthia Oshita in the Proposition 65 Implementation Program

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