Bis(2-chloromethylethyl)ether, technical grade, 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene, and Estragole Listed as Known to Cause Cancer
Chemicals Listed Effective October 29, 1999 as Known to the State to Cause Cancer: Bis(2-chloromethylethyl)ether, technical grade, 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene, and Estragole
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
1Listing mechanism:
"state’s qualified experts" mechanism
