Cal. Health and Safety Code § 25249.5 : California Health And Safety Code — Miscellaneous Health And Safety Provisions — Safe Drinking Water And Toxic Enforcement Act Of 1986 — Prohibition on contaminating drinking water with chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly discharge or release a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity into water or onto or into land where such chemical passes or probably will pass into any source of drinking water, notwithstanding any other provision or authorization of law except as provided in Section 25249.9. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 25249.5