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Carcinogenicity

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The sixteen carcinogenic substances1 listed below, when present in a waste in a single or combined concentration equal to (or) exceeding 0.001 percent (10 ppm) by weight, make the waste hazardous.

  • 2-acetylaminofluorene
  • Acrylonitrile
  • 4-aminodiphenyl
  • Benzidine
  • Bis(chloromethyl) ether
  • Methyl chloromethylether
  • 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane 
  • 3,3-dichlorobenzidine and its salts
  • Dimethylaminoazabenzene
  • Ethyleneimine
  • Alpha-naphthylamine
  • Beta-naphthylamine
  • 4-Nitrobiphenyl
  • N-Nitrosodimethylamine
  • Beta-propiolactone
  • Vinyl chloride

References

1 22 CCR Section 66261.24(a)(7)

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