Chemicals Listed Effective September 13, 2019 as Known to The State of California to Cause Cancer: 2-Amino-4-Chlorophenol; 2-Chloronitrobenzene; 1,4-Dichloro-2-Nitrobenzene; 2,4-Dichloro-1-Nitrobenzene; N,N-Dimethylacetamide, and Para-Nitroanisole

Effective September 13, 2019, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding 2-amino-4-chlorophenol (CAS No. 95-85-2), 2‑chloronitrobenzene (CAS No. 88-73-3), 1,4-dichloro-2-nitrobenzene (CAS No. 89-61-2), 2,4-dichloro-1-nitrobenzene (CAS No. 611-06-3), N,N-dimethylacetamide (CAS No. 127-19-5), and para-nitroanisole (CAS No. 100-17-4) to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65.[1]  The listing of these chemicals is pursuant to the “Labor Code” listing mechanism.[2]

The basis for the listings was described in a public notice published in the July 12, 2019, issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2019, No. 28-Z). The title of the notice was “Notice of Intent to List: 2-Amino-4-chlorophenol, 2-Chloronitrobenzene, 1,4‑Dichloro-2-nitrobenzene, 2,4-Dichloro-1-nitrobenzene, N,N-Dimethylacetamide, and para-Nitroanisole.”  The publication of the notice initiated a 30-day public comment period.  We received no comments on the notice of intent to list.

A complete, updated Proposition 65 chemical list is available on the OEHHA website.

Related Notices

Notice of Intent to List: 2-Amino-4-chlorophenol, 2-Chloronitrobenzene, 1,4-Dichloro-2-nitrobenzene, 2,4-Dichloro-1-nitrobenzene, N,N-Dimethylacetamide, and para-Nitroanisole

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Footnotes and References

[1]  The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Health and Safety Code section 25249.5,et seq.

[2] Health and Safety Code section 25249.8(a) and Title 27 Cal. Code of Regs. section 25904.