The Proposition 65 List

Current Proposition 65 List

The current Proposition 65 list is available on-line below, as a pdf or Excel download or through WestLaw. The Excel document also includes the listing mechanism for each chemical listing and the safe harbor level, if one has been adopted. A hyperlink is provided for those chemicals for which the basis for listing documentation is available electronically.

What types of chemicals are on the Proposition 65 list?

The list contains a wide range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. These chemicals include additives or ingredients in pesticides, common household products, food, drugs, dyes, or solvents. Listed chemicals may also be used in manufacturing and construction, or they may be byproducts of chemical processes, such as motor vehicle exhaust. Learn how chemicals are added to the list.

Proposition 65 List

Chemical Name Type of Toxicity (Date Listed) & Basis for Listing
Nickel (soluble compounds) Developmental Toxicity (10/26/2018)

State's Qualified Experts

Male Reproductive Toxicity (10/26/2018)

State's Qualified Experts

Nickel compounds Cancer (05/07/2004)

Labor Code

Nickel Hydroxide Cancer (10/01/1989)

Labor Code

Nickel Oxide Cancer (10/01/1989)

Labor Code

Nickel Refinery Dust from the Pyrometallurgical Process Cancer (10/01/1987)

State's Qualified Experts

Nickel Subsulfide Cancer (10/01/1987)

State's Qualified Experts

Nickelocene Cancer (10/01/1989)

Labor Code

Nicotine Developmental Toxicity (04/01/1990)

Formally Required

Nifedipine Developmental Toxicity (01/29/1999)

Formally Required

Female Reproductive Toxicity (01/29/1999)

Formally Required

Male Reproductive Toxicity (01/29/1999)

Formally Required

1-[(5-Nitrofurfurylidene)-amino]-2-imidazolidinone Cancer (04/01/1988)

State's Qualified Experts

2-(2-Formylhydrazino)-4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)thiazole Cancer (01/01/1988)

State's Qualified Experts

Nimodipine Developmental Toxicity (04/24/2001)

Formally Required

Niridazole Cancer (04/01/1988)

State's Qualified Experts

Nitrapyrin Cancer (10/05/2005)

State's Qualified Experts

Developmental Toxicity (03/30/1999)

Authoritative Bodies-US Environmental Protection Agency

Nitrilotriacetic Acid Cancer (01/01/1988)

State's Qualified Experts

Nitrilotriacetic Acid, Trisodium Salt Monohydrate Cancer (04/01/1989)

State's Qualified Experts

5-Nitroacenaphthene Cancer (04/01/1988)

State's Qualified Experts

o-Nitroanisole Cancer (10/01/1992)

Authoritative Bodies-National Toxicology Program

Nitrobenzene Cancer (08/26/1997)

Authoritative Bodies-International Agency for Research on Cancer

Male Reproductive Toxicity (03/30/2010)

Authoritative Bodies-US Environmental Protection Agency

4-Nitrobiphenyl Cancer (04/01/1988)

State's Qualified Experts

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