California Health and Safety Code 25249.5 – Prohibition On Contaminating Drinking Water With Chemicals Known to …
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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.
(Added November 4, 1986, by initiative Proposition 65. Operative January 1, 1987.)
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 25249.5
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23