Aristolochic acid & Prop65
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Aristolochic acid and "herbal remedies containing plant species of the genus Aristolochia" are added to California's list of chemicals known to cause cancer, the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment announces. Effective July 9, the decision requires companies knowingly marketing products that contain the substance to include warning labels on product packaging. OEHHA says it received four public comments supporting the listing of these chemicals on the Prop 65 list of carcinogens. The proposal to include aristolochic acid on the list was announced in May (1"The Tan Sheet" May 31, 2004, p. 13)...