California to Add Diisononyl Phthalate To Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens

A California scientific advisory panel has cleared the way for the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to add a common plasticizer, diisononyl phthalate, to the list of carcinogens the agency maintains under Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

The listing takes effect Dec. 20, OEHHA said in a Dec. 12 regulatory notice.

OEHHA’s Carcinogen Identification Committee considered the scientific evidence for listing diisononyl phthalate and butyl benzyl phthalate, another additive used to make materials softer and more pliable, as carcinogens under Proposition 65, at its Dec. 5 meeting in Sacramento, Calif. ...