Environment

California Sued over Toxic Chemicals

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 1st, 1997

A coalition of environmental and labor groups filed a lawsuit on August 6, 1997 against California Governor Pete Wilson and the State's Environmental Protection Agency for failing to warn residents about potential exposures to scores of toxins.

The lawsuit targets the California for failing to list 66 reproductive and developmental toxins under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also called Proposition 65.

The governor, through action of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), is required to list chemicals which are known reproductive toxins or carcinogens and to update the list every year. However,...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-09-01)

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