Bisphenol-A Listed as Known to the State of California to Cause Reproductive Toxicity

Effective May 11, 2015, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding bisphenol A (BPA) (CAS No. 80-05-7) 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).

BPA was considered by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) in its official capacity as the “state’s qualified experts” (SQE) at a public meeting held on May 7, 2015. The DARTIC determined that BPA was clearly shown through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause reproductive toxicity, based on the female reproductive endpoint.² Regulations for listing of chemicals by the DARTIC are set out in Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25305(b)(1).

A complete, updated chemical list is available at www.oehha.ca.gov and will be published in the May 22, 2015 issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register.

In summary, the chemical in the table below is listed under Proposition 65 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity (female reproductive toxicity) effective May 11, 2015.

Comment Period

• Comment Period - Bisphenol-A female reproductive toxicity
• Extension of Comment Period - Bisphenol-A female reproductive toxicity

Chemical Reference

• Bisphenol A (BPA)

Meeting Announcements/Information

• May 2015 Meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee

Related Notices

• Hazard Identification Materials for Consideration of the Female Reproductive Toxicity of Bisphenol-A

  Feb 20, 2015
• Notice of Intent to List: Bisphenol-A

  Jan 25, 2013
• Proposed Amendment to Section 25805 Specific Regulatory Levels: Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity Bisphenol-A

  Jan 25, 2013
• Request for Information on a Chemical Being Considered for Listing by the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Bisphenol-A

  Feb 12, 2010
• Petitions For and Against Listing BPA Pursuant to the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism

  Oct 8, 2009
• Hazard Identification Materials for Bisphenol-A

  May 1, 2009
• Request for Relevant Information on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of: Bisphenol-A, Chlorpyrifos, Chromium, DDE, Sulfur dioxide

  Jan 18, 2008

Footnotes and References

* SQE – “state’s qualified experts” mechanism (Health and Safety Code section 25249.8(b) and Title 27, Cal. Code of Regs., section 25305(b)(1)).

¹Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq.

²Health and Safety Code section 25249.8(b)