On 11 August 023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released the new California 65 Hazardous Chemical Substances Control List, which added three new substances, anthracene, 2-bromopropane, and dimethyl phosphite, all of which were added to the list primarily because of their carcinogenicity.

Information on the newly added substances is as follows:

California 65 List

OEHHA updates at least annually the ‘List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity,’ commonly referred to as the California 65 List, which currently contains nearly 1,000 chemicals.

Under the California 65 Act, manufacturers and distributors of products that contain hazardous substances on the list and pose a risk of exposure are required to post clear and reasonable warning labels on their products, or else they must demonstrate with scientific data that the concentration of the substance is less than a safe harbour level for consumers to ingest in the course of normal use.

Recommendation of eqo

Manufacturing enterprises exporting relevant products to California should pay attention to the requirements of the rules of the destination and adjust their production standards in a timely manner to comply with the relevant laws and regulations, so as to ensure that the exported relevant products can comply with the requirements of the input destination. Production enterprises exporting relevant products to California should pay attention to the rules and requirements of the destination, adjust production standards in time to comply with relevant laws and regulations, and ensure that the exported relevant products can meet the requirements of the input destination.