o-Phenylphenol Listed as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer

Chemicals Listed Effective August 4, 2000 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer: o-Phenylphenol

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is adding o-phenylphenol 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). The listing is effective August 4, 2000 pursuant to an administrative listing mechanism provided under Proposition 65, based upon a formal identification by an authoritative body that the chemical causes cancer. Regulations governing the listing of chemicals under the "authoritative bodies" mechanism are published in Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12306 (22 CCR 12306).

The reader is directed to the Notice of Intent to List Chemicals published in the April 14, 2000 issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 00, No. 15-Z) for the supporting documentation which OEHHA relied upon in making its determination that the criteria for administrative listing had been satisfied. A complete, updated chemical list is published elsewhere in this issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register.

The chemical being listed under Proposition 65 as known to cause cancer is shown below:

Carcinogen:

Chemical Reference

• o-Phenylphenol

Related Notices

• Notice of Intent to List Chemical: o-phenylphenol

  Apr 14, 2000
• Request for Information, Chemicals Under Consideration for Possible Listing Via The Authoritative Bodies Mechanisms

  Dec 4, 1998

Footnotes and References

¹Listing mechanism: AB - "authoritative bodies" mechanism (22 CCR 12306)