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Chemicals listed effective October 24, 1997 as known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity by the State's Qualified Experts: 2,4,5-trimethylaniline and its strong acid salts, 5-chloro-o-toluidine and its strong acid salts, and quinoline and its strong acid salts.

December 9, 1997 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee on Benzene

OEHHA announced a public workshop for the draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals for 25 chemicals in drinking water.  The chemicals are: antimony, benzo[a]pyrene, chlordane, cyanide, dalapon, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, dinoseb, endothall, ethylbenzene, trichlorofluoromethane, trichlorotrifluoroethane, uranium, alachlor, copper, diethylhexylphthalate, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, fluoride, glyphosate, lead, nitrate and nitrite (3 PHG values), oxamyl, pentachlorophenol, picloram, and xylenes.

Request for information and notice of availability of draft data summaries and draft priorities for chemicals with respect to their potential to cause cancer: acronycine, 2-aminofluorene, 2-amino-5-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole, 4-amino-2-nitrophenol, N-butyl-N-nitrosourea, bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl)ether, 2,5-dimethoxy-4’-aminostilbene, estragole, N-ethyl-N-formylhydrazine, furfural, p-chloronitrobenzene, trichloroacetic acid, 2-biphenylamine (and strong acid salts), bromoethane, chlorthal-dimethyl, cyanazine, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its salts and esters, dapsone, dimethyl hydrogen phosphite, malonaldehyde and its salts, b-thioguanine deoxyriboside, zearalenone, bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide, dicofol, di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate, patulin pentachloronitrobenzene, piperonyl sulfoxide. [Postponed: salicylazosulfapyridine, C.I. solvent yellow 14 (Sudan 1)]

Availability of final data summaries and priorities for 33 chemicals with respect to their potential to cause cancer

Request for information regarding phenolphthalein, a chemical under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism as known to the State to cause cancer.

Notice of availability of final data summaries and priorities for chemicals with respect to their potential to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm via authoritative bodies and State's Qualified Experts mechanisms: Aldrin, 1,3-butadiene, Carbon tetrachloride, Chlordane, Ethylene dibromide, Formaldehyde, Heptachlor, Methylene chloride, 2,4,5-T butyl ester, Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride, Acrylamide, DDT, Carbamazepine, Progesterone

Notice of availability of the draft data summaries and draft priorities for chemicals with respect to their potential to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Request for information on: Chloroform, Manganese, Phenol, Progesterone, Carbamazepine, n-Hexane, Styrene, Xylenes, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, Folpet, Chromium (includes tri and hexavalent forms), Copper sulfate, Formamide, Methyl butyl ketone, Toxaphene, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Beryllium, Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, Boric acid, Sodium tetraborate, Benzo-a-pyrene, Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4 butyl ester, Endrin, Carbon dioxide (by inhalation)

Draft hazard identification of the developmental and reproductive toxic effects of benzene

OEHHA announced release of its final report, Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke.  This overall assessment of ETS includes chapters on respiratory health effects, reproductive and developmental effects, cardiovascular effects, cancers, and exposure measurement and prevalence.