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RV Holding Tank Product Info

NEW!! It's Official! These facts sheets are now posted on the Department of Toxic Substances Control's website.

Chemical Toilet Products Advisory for Consumers - Park operators are encouraged to print this out and post it in a conspicuous place where consumers can read it.

The information and links provide information pertinent to the ban of formaldehyde-based RV holding tank treatments.

Ingredients Commonly Found in RV Holding Tank Treatments Which Pose a Threat to Human & Environmental Health

Active Ingredient

Threats to Human &
Environmental Health

Bronopol
(chemical name: bromo-nitropropane-diol)

bacterial pesticide

Dowicil
(chemical name: 1-(3-chlorallyl)-3,4,7-triaza-1- azoniaadamantane chloride)

bacterial pesticide (EPA states “Do not discharge effluent containing this product to sewer systems without previously notifying the local
sewage treatment plant authority.”)

Formaldehyde
(also known as Formalin; degradate of bronopol)

kills or retards bacterial growth, recognized by EPA as probable carcinogen(1); moderately toxic to humans(2)

Glutaraldehyde
(also known as embalming fluid)

Retards bacterial growth and covers sewage odor, eye/inhalation irritant

Paraformaldehyde
(polymerized formaldehyde)

very toxic to humans(3) (see formaldehyde)

Para-dichlorobenzene
(common ingredient in mothballs, urinal cakes, and toilet bowl fresheners)

known carcinogen(1) and drinking water contaminant; moderately toxic to humans(2)

(1) a carcinogen causes cancer
(2) lethal dose for 150 lb person is between 1 ounce to 1 pint

(3) lethal dose for 150 lb person is between 1 teaspoon to 1 ounce

Legislation Currently In Effect

§67410.1. Prohibition of Sale.

(a) On or after January 1, 1979, no person in the State of California shall manufacture, formulate, package, import or receive from outside the State and sell or offer for sale within the State a material for use as a chemical toilet additive, as indicated on a label on the container or by any other representation by said person, which contains a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical substance.

(b) On or after January 1, 1979, no person shall sell or offer for sale at retail or wholesale within the State a material for use as a chemical toilet additive, as indicated on a label on the container or by any other representation relating to the sale of the material, which contains a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical substance.

Title 22, Article 4.5, Chapter 41