§ 69404.7. Wildlife Growth Impairment.

(a) The wildlife growth impairment hazard trait is defined as the occurrence of adverse changes in absolute growth, proportional growth or growth rate in organisms, including aquatic and terrestrial organisms, following exposure to a chemical substance.

(b) Environmental endpoints for wildlife growth impairment include, but are not limited to those indicating abnormalities in growth rates or body size indices observed in animals, including aquatic and terrestrial species.

(c) Other relevant growth impairment data includes but are not limited to: mechanistic or structural similarity to other chemicals that impair wildlife growth; mechanistically based markers of data on growth retardation; associative data from field studies linking exposure to a chemical substance with adverse changes in wildlife growth.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 12-20-2011; operative 1-29-2012 (Register 2011, No. 51).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25256.1 and 59012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25256.1 and 59012, Health and Safety Code.