As
a result of a citizens initiative called Proposition 65, the California
Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 requires
that the Governor revise and republish at least once per year
the list of chemicals known to the State that cause cancer or
reproductive toxicity.
You
can access the latest list at http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html
FAN's
compilation of Prop 65 fluorinated pesticides |
Pesticide |
CHEMICALS
KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE
|
CAS
No. |
Date
California added to List |
Acifluorfen
[sodium] |
CANCER |
62476-59-9 |
Jan
1, 1990 |
Fluazifop
butyl |
Developmental
toxicity |
69806-50-4
|
Nov
6, 1998 |
Fluorouracil
|
Developmental
toxicity |
51-21-8
|
Jan
1, 1989 |
Fluvalinate
|
Developmental
toxicity |
69409-94-5
|
Nov
6, 1998 |
Hydramethylnon |
Developmental
toxicity and Male reproductive toxicity |
67485-29-4 |
March
5, 1999 |
Isoxaflutole |
CANCER |
141112-29-0 |
Dec
22, 2000 |
Lactofen |
CANCER |
77501-63-4 |
Jan
1, 1989 |
Sodium
fluoroacetate |
Male
reproductive toxicity |
62-74-8 |
Nov
6, 1998 |
Some
definitions:
Developmental
Toxicity - adverse effects on the developing organism that
may result from exposure prior to conception (either parent),
during prenatal development, or postnatally to the time of sexual
maturation. Adverse developmental effects may be detected at any
point in the lifespan of the organism. The major manifestations
of developmental toxicity include:
(1) death of the developing organism,
(2) structural abnormality,
(3) altered growth, and
(4) functional deficiency.
The California Proposition 65 definition (almost the same) is:
'Developmental toxicity' is defined to include adverse effects
on the products of conception (i.e., the conceptus), including
but not limited to: Postnatal parameters including growth and
development, physiological deficits and delay, neurological, neurobehavioral
and psychological deficits, altered sex ratio, abnormal sexual
development or function, or morbidty or mortality.
Reproductive
Toxicity - the hazard to three populations, the male, the
female and the conceptus, each of which has distinct differences
in toxic response and susceptibility. The conceptus is at risk
from long before birth, and the risk persists long after birth
(some chemicals harm only female and others only male, i.e., sperm
motility, morphology).
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