USA - Listing of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) and Its Salts and Transformation and Degradation Precursors
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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adding perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salt and transformation and degradation precursors to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) on December 24, 2021. The Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) determined that PFOS and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors were clearly shown to cause cancer.
PFOS was added to the list in 2017 due to its development toxicity. The applications of PFOS are mainly in surface protection products, e.g. carpet and clothing treatments and coating for paper and cardboard packaging. They have also been used in fire-fighting foams.
The warning requirement for significant exposures to this chemical took effect on December 24, 2021.
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