Chemicals Under Consideration, Recently Listed or Modified Under Proposition 65
Chemicals Under Consideration
Chemical
CAS No
Referred By
Date
End Point
Deltamethrin
52918-63-5
DART Committee
7/13/2011
Developmental/ Reproductive toxicant
Status: Pending. Data Call-In and public comment period closed 3/20/2012. Public Comments Received.
Notes: OEHHA initiating development of Hazard Identification Materials for DART Committee.
Xylene
1330-20-7
Beta-Myrcene
123-35-3
NTP
2/10/2012
Cancer
Status: Pending. Request for Information 2/10/2012. Public Comment period ended 4/10/2012.
Notes: Public comments received urging OEHHA to forward the proposed listing to the Carcinogen Identification Committee.
Pulegone
89-82-7
Status: Pending. Notice of intent to List filed on May 25, 2012.
Benzophene
119-61-9
IARC
1/20/2012
Status: Pending. Comment period extended through 4/6/2012.
Notes: Public comments received.
Cocamide Diethanolamine
68603-42-9
Pending. Comment period extended through 4/6/2012.
Diethanolamine
111-42-2
2-Methylimidazole
693-98-1
C.I. Disperse Yellow 3
2832-40-8
CIC
11/10/2011
Status: Pending. Request for Information. Public comment period ended 1/10/2012.
Notes: OEHHA to develop Hazard Identification Materials.
Dibenzanthracenes and dibenz[a,c]anthracene
215-58-7
OEHHA to develop Hazard Identification Materials.
Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts
Various
U.S. EPA
6/24/2011
Male reproductive toxicity
Pending. Comment period extended through 8/31/2011.
Proposed or Recently Modified Listings, NSRLs and MADLS
Previous Level
New Level
Benzyl Butyl Phthalate (BBP)
85-68-7
6/1/2012
None. MADL proposed.
1,200 ug/day oral
Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP)
13674-87-8
None. NSRL proposed.
5.4 ug/day
Chloroform
67-66-3
5/18/2012
DART
None. MADL Proposed
600 ug/day
Imazalil
35554-44-0
4/25/2012
None. NSRL adopted.
11 ug/day
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
27323-18-8
4/13/2012
NSRL: 0.09 ug/day
NSRL proposed 0.35 ug/day; MADL proposed for 2.3 ug/day – both levels limited to food chain exposures.
Methanol
67-56-1
3/16/2012
None. Proposed MADLs: 47,000 ug/day (Inhalation) and 23,000 ug/day (Oral)
Comment period was extended to June 25, 2012. Public meeting held May 7.
Trichloroethylene
1992 NSRLs: 50 ug/day (oral); 80 ug/day (Inhalation)
Proposed NSRLS: 14 ug/day (oral)
50 ug/day (Inhalation)
Glass wool fibers (inhalable and bio-persistent)
N/A
11/18/2011
Changed listing to include fiber along with particles
Avermectin B1
71751-41-2
10/26/2011
None. MADL adopted.
4.4 ug/day
Hexavalent Chromium
18540-29-9)
9/16/2011
Section 25707(b)(4) reference CR6 poses no significant risk when ingested.
OEHHA proposed to remove reference as posing no significant risk when ingested. Public comment period extended 10/21/2012. Pending.
7/29/2011
8.2 ug/day (oral)
Recently Listed Chemicals
Listing Date
Endpoint
Isopyrazam
881685-58-1
7/24/2012
3,3',4,4'-Tetrachloroazobenzene
14047-09-7
Developmental
Methyl Isopropyl Ketone
563-80-4
ACGIH
2/17/2012
Kresoxim-methyl
143390-89-0
2/3/2012
Estrogen–progestogen (combined) used as menopausal therapy
11/4/2011
Etopside
33419-42-0
Etoposide in combination with cisplatin and bleomycin
Methyl isobutyl ketone
108-10-1
MOPP (vincristine-prednisone-nitrogen mustard-procarbazine mixture)
113803-47-7
10/28/2011
Titanium dioxide (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size)
9/2/2011
Sulfur Dioxide
7446-09-5
α-Methyl styrene
98-83-9
Female Reproductive Toxicity
5/20/2011