Chemical Listed Effective May 14, 1999 as Known to the State to Cause Reproductive Toxicity: Chlorsulfuron

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is adding the one chemical named below 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 65 or the Act). The chemical is listed effective May 14, 1999 pursuant to an administrative listing mechanism provided under the Act, based upon a formal identification by an authoritative body that the chemical causes reproductive toxicity. Regulations governing the listing of chemicals under the "authoritative bodies" mechanism are published in Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12306.

The reader is directed to the Notice of Intent to List Chemicals published in the February 26, 1999 issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register for the supporting documentation which OEHHA relied upon in making its determination that the criteria for administrative listing had been satisfied.

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

Chemical CAS No. Toxicological Endpoint
Chlorsulfuron 6490-27-23 developmental toxicity
female reproductive toxicity
male reproductive toxicity