25249.5. Prohibition On Contaminating Drinking Water With Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity.
No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly discharge or release a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or
reproductive toxicity into water or onto or into land where such chemical passes or probably will pass into any source of drinking water,
notwithstanding any other provision or authorization of law except as provided in Section 25249.9. 25249.6. Required Warning Before
Exposure To Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer Or Reproductive Toxicity.No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and
intentionally expose any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear
and reasonable warning to such individual, except as provided in Section 25249.10 Prohibition On Contaminating Drinking Water With Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity.
No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly discharge or release a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or
reproductive toxicity into water or onto or into land where such chemical passes or probably will pass into any source of drinking water,
notwithstanding any other provision or authorization of law except as provided in Section 25249.9. 25249.6. Required Warning Before
Exposure To Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer Or Reproductive Toxicity.No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and
intentionally expose any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear
and reasonable warning to such individual, except as provided in Section 25249.10.
Lauren Zeise and Gina Solomon, along with several other OEHHA and Cal/EPA staff, published an article in Environmental Health Perspectives about the challenges of identifying emerging chemical hazards. The article points out how the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has developed a process for constructing and assessing chemical groups for potential biomonitoring in California.
They discuss the importance of evaluating chemical groups, rather than individual chemicals, as an efficient way to respond to shifts in chemical use and the emergence of new chemicals. This strategy can enable earlier identification of important chemicals for monitoring and intervention.