California Proposes Adding Aristolochic Acid To Prop 65 Carcinogen List
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is proposing to add aristolochic acid to the state's Proposition 65 list of known carcinogens
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