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This page provides information on issues of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), press releases, media and health advisories, public meetings/notices, and fact sheets. The Government Modernization, Efficiency, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2005 requires that State agencies post information on their web sites about public meetings, proposed regulations, and how to comment or otherwise participate.
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- October 24, 2008 CECBP Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting transcript now available
[12/30/08] - Announcement of a Public Comment Period on the Documents Development of a Reference Dose (RfD) for Methamphetamine and Assessment of Children’s Exposure to Surface Methamphetamine Residues in Former Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs, and Identification of a Risk-Based Cleanup Standard for Surface Methamphetamine Contamination
[12/26/08] - Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project -
Regulatory Concepts for Exposures to Human and Plant Nutrients in Human Food:
EXTENSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
[12/19/08] - CECBP Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting will be held on March 2, 2009
[12/18/08] - Chemicals Listed Effective December 19, 2008 As Known To The State Of California To Cause Cancer Or Reproductive Toxicity: 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) (CAS No. 118-96-7) and Chromium (hexavalent compounds)
[12/18/08] - December 4th and 5th 2008 CECBP Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting agenda, materials, and link to webcast
[12/12/08] - Agenda Materials for the Third Meeting of the Cumulative Impacts & Precautionary Approaches Work Group to be held on December 10, 2008
[12/10/08] - Slides from the Proposition 65 Food Warnings Workshop on 12/03/08 (pdf)
[12/09/08] - Chemicals Under Consideration For Possible Listing Via The Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request For Relevant Information: Carbaryl, Metam Potassium, Metofluthrin, Spirodiclofen
[12/05/08] - Materials from the November 20, 2008 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board’s Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (Dart) Identification Committee
[12/05/08] - Materials from the November 5, 2008 Meeting of The Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee
[12/05/08] - Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group: Agenda and Related Materials for the December 10, 2008, Meeting
[12/3/08] - Meeting of the Scientific Review Panel for Toxic Air Contaminants on December 5, 2008
[11/25/8]- Continuation of the Panel’s review of the draft Reference Exposure Levels for acrolein, acetaldehyde, arsenic, formaldehyde, manganese and mercury. (December 2008)
- Continuation of the Panel’s review of the draft report “Air Toxics Hot Spots Risk Assessment Guidelines Part II: Technical Support Document for Cancer Potency Factors” (December 2008)
- Announcement of the Third Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group Meeting: December 10, 2008
[11/25/08] - December 4th and 5th 2008 CECBP Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting agenda, materials, and link to webcast
[11/24/08] - Draft Document Available: Draft Initial Statement of Reasons Title 27, California Code of Regulations: Proposed New Sections 25506 and 25507 Exposures to Human and Plant Nutrients in Human Food
[11/20/08] - Proposition 65 Regulations Pre-rulemaking Activities - Regulatory Update Project - Warnings for Exposures to Listed Chemicals in Foods - Announcement of Workshop and Public Comment Period
[11/19/08] - CECBP Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting will be held on December 4th and 5th, 2008
[11/14/08] - Acute Toxicity Studies Results on the Light Brown Apple Moth Pheromone Active Ingredient and Four LBAM Pheromone Products
[11/04/08] - Proposition 65
Regulatory Update Project ,
Warnings for Exposures to Listed Chemicals In Foods:
Opportunity for Public Participation:
Notice of Public Workshop
[11/03/08] - Proposition 65
Regulatory Update Project
Regulatory Concepts for
Exposures to
Human And Plant Nutrients In Human Food:
Opportunity For Public Participation, Notice Of Second Public Workshop
[11/03/08] - Announcement of the Availability of Additional Information on Chlorpyrifos for the
November 20, 2008 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting
[11/03/08] - Agenda Materials for the Second Meeting of the Cumulative Impacts & Precautionary Approaches Work Group
[10/27/08] - Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group: Agenda and Related Materials for the October 30, 2008, Meeting
[10/15/08] - November 5, 2008 Meeting of The Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee
[10/10/08] - November 20, 2008 Meeting Agenda Of The Science Advisory Board’s Developmental And Reproductive Toxicant (Dart) Identification Committee
[10/10/08] - Meeting of the Scientific Review Panel for Toxic Air Contaminants on October 30, 2008
[10/10/08]- Continuation of the Panel’s review of the draft Reference Exposure Levels for acrolein, acetaldehyde, arsenic, mercury, manganese, and formaldehyde (September 2008)
- Review of the draft report “Air Toxics Hot Spots Risk Assessment Guidelines Part II: Technical Support Document for Cancer Potency Factors” (October 2008)
- Update of Public Health Goal for Endrin
[10/10/08] - Announcement of a Public Comment Period and Notice of the Availability of a Draft Report on California Human Health Screening Levels for Beryllium
[09/26/08] - Notice of Adoption to Text of Regulations Title 27, California Code of Regulations Amendment to Section 25705(b) No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for C.I. Direct Blue 218
[09/23/08] - Announcement of Rescheduled Second Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group Meeting: October 30, 2008
[09/17/08] - Proposed Amendment of Section 25204 - Safe Use Determinations
[09/12/08] - Chemical Listed September 12th, 2008 as Known to the State to Cause Cancer: Oryzalin (CAS 19044-883)
[09/12/08] - Availability of Hazard Identification Materials for Hexavalent Chromium and Chlorpyrifos and Announcement of the Submission of Relevant Studies for Particulate Matter and Total Trihalomethanes and the November 20, 2008 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting
[09/05/08] - Chemicals Submitted to the carcinogen Identification Committee for Consultation
[08/29/08] - Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish and Shellfish from the Sacramento River and Northern Delta (Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Colusa, Yuba, Glenn, Butte, Tehama, And Shasta Counties) - Updated
[04/18/08] - Availability of Hazard Identification Materials for
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
[08/15/08] - Request for Relevant Information on a Chemical to be Considered by the OEHHA Science Advisory Board’s Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee
Extension of Public Comment Period - Caffeine
[08/15/08] - Availability of Hazard Identification Materials for N,N-Dimethylformamide and Announcement of November 5, 2008 Carcinogen Identification Committee Meeting
[08/08/08] - Chemicals Listed Effective August 1, 2008 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity: gallium arsenide, hexafluoroacetone, nitrous oxide and vinyl cyclohexene dioxide
[08/01/08] - Announcement of Public Comment Period: Draft Technical Support Document on Proposed Public Health Goals for Bromate, Lead, Pentachlorophenol, and Trichloroethylene in Drinking Water
[07/24/08] - Notice of Intent to List Chemicals Extension of Public Comment Period: Molinate
[07/23/08] - Notice of Intent to List Chemicals Extension of Public Comment Period: Avermectin B1
[07/23/08] - Chemicals Under Consideration For Possible Listing Via The Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request For Relevant Information - EXTENSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, Imazalil and Thiabendazole and Its Hypophosphite Salt
[07/23/08] - Impervious Surface Analysis: Facts Sheet
[07/22/08] - Air Toxics Hot Spots Program, Revisions to the Technical Support Document for Noncancer Risk Assessment
[07/18/08] - Workgroup Statements and Workgroup Materials from the July 15, 2008 Meeting
[07/17/08] - June 19, 2008 Workgroup Meeting Materials
[07/17/08] - Notice of Intent to List Oryzalin (CAS No. 19044-88-3)
[07/11/08] - Title 27 California Code of Regulations, Section 25601 Proposition 65 – Clear and Reasonable Warnings Non-Substantive Changes
[07/04/08] - Announcement of Second Public Comment Period:
Draft Technical Support Document on Proposed Public Health Goals for Chlorite and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Drinking Water
[07/04/08] - Announcement of Extension of Public Comment Period on Proposed Public Health Goal for Styrene in Drinking Water
[07/04/08] - Notice of Adoption to Text of Regulations -
Title 27, California Code of Regulations,
Amendment to Section 25805:
Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADL) for Di(n-Butyl)Phthalate (DBP)
[07/04/08] - Announcement of Publication of the Final Public Health Goal for Molinate in Drinking Water
[06/27/08] - Thiabendazole and its Hypophosphite Salt Under Consideration for Possible Listing Via the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request for Relevant Information
[06/27/08] - Imazalil Under Consideration for Possible Listing Via the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request for Relevant Information
[06/27/08] - Notice of Intent to List Chemical:
Molinate (CAS N0. 2212-67-1)
[06/27/08] - Notice of Intent to List Chemical:
Avermectin B1 (CAS No. 71751-41-2)
[06/27/08] - Chemicals Listed Effective July 1, 2008 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer: Benthiavalicarb-isopropyl, Mepanipyrim, Pirimicarb and Resmethrin
[06/27/08] - Notice to Interested Parties - Request for Relevant Information on Chemicals to be Considered by the OEHHA Science Advisory Board’s Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee: Bromodichloromethane, Caffeine, and Methylisocyanate
[06/27/08] - Announcement of Final Report
Development of Fish Contaminant Goals and Advisory Tissue Levels for Common Contaminants in California Sport Fish: Chlordane, DDTs, Dieldrin, Methylmercury, PCBs, Selenium and Toxaphene
[06/27/08] - OEHHA Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Kevin W. Gaido presents Gene Pathways Targeted during Phthalate-induced Testicular Dysgenesis, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Sierra Hearing Room, California EPA, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA
[06/23/08] - Notice to interested parties: Notice of public comment period on Air Toxics Hot Spots Program, Proposed Revisions to the Technical Support Document for Cancer Potency Factors
[6/20/08] - Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project Safe Use Determination Regulation
[06/20/08] - Announcement of Second Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group Meeting: September 15, 2008
[06/18/08] - Proposition 65 Regulations Moved from Title 22 to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations
[06/18/08] - Extended Comment Period - Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project Labor Code Mechanism Regulatory Concept
[06/18/08] - June 5, 2008: Introductory Meeting of the Cumulative Impacts & Precautionary Approaches Work Group - Materials Presented at the Meeting
[06/13/08] - Proposed Revisions to the Technical Support Document for Noncancer Risk Assessment
[6/13/08] - Chemical Listed Effective June 17, 2008 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer, Dibromoacetic acid (CAS No. 631-64-1)
[06/13/08] - California Biomonitoring Workshop on Chemical Selection, June 10th Agenda and Materials
[06/06/08] - California Biomonitoring Workshop on Chemical Selection, June 9th Agenda and Materials
[06/05/08] - Announcement of Public Comment Period - Draft Technical Support Document on Proposed Public Health Goals for Styrene and Oxamyl in Drinking Water
[05/30/08] - Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group: Agenda and Related Materials for the June 5, 2008, Meeting
[05/28/08] - 2008 Fire Season - Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness
[05/23/08] - Nanotechnology Research Centers
[05/23/08] - OEHHA Distinguished Lecture Series
Epigenetic Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sierra Hearing Room, California EPA, 1001 I Street, Sacramento
Dr. Janine M. LaSalle, Professor
Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, Davis - California Biomonitoring Workshop on Chemical Selection, June 9th Agenda
[05/19/08] - California Biomonitoring Workshop on Chemical Selection, June 10th Agenda
[05/19/08] - Notice of Intent to List Chemicals: Benthiavalicarb-isopropyl, Mepanipyrim, Pirimicarb and Resmethrin
[05/02/08] - Proposed Revisions to the Technical Support Document for Noncancer Risk Assessment
[4/24/08] - Notice of Adoption to Text of Regulations, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Amendment to Section 12705(b): No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for Nitromethane
[04/22/08] - Notice of Intent to List Chemical: Dibromoacetic acid
[04/18/08] - California Mode of Action Workshop - Register Today!
[04/17/08] - OEHHA Distinguished Lecture Series: Advances in Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Environmental Influences on Mammary Gland Development and Function - Slides of the Presentation
[04/17/08] - Peer Reviewed Publications by Scientists at OEHHA January 1987 Through January 2008
[04/15/08] - Chemical Under Consideration for Possible Listing Via the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request for Relevant Information: Oryzalin
[04/11/08] -
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish and Shellfish from the Sacramento River and Northern Delta (Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Colusa, Yuba, Glenn, Butte, Tehama, And Shasta Counties)
[04/11/08]- Fact Sheet
- Press Release - [04/15/08]
- LBAM (Light Brown Apple Moth) Press Release
[4/10/08] - LBAM Illness Report - Summary of Symptom Reports in Areas of Aerial Pheromone Application for Management of the Light Brown Apple Moth in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties September, October, and November 2007
[04/10/08] - The www.oehha.ca.gov web site will be out of service from Friday April 11 at approximately 5pm PST until Sunday April 13 at approximately 6pm PST. Email to and from staff at OEHHA will be unavailable during this time as well. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us outside the service outage times.
[04/08/08] - Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting (June 9th and 10th, 2008) - Save the dates!
[04/04/08] - Proposition 65 Stakeholder Group, Exposures to Listed Chemicals in Foods
[04/01/08] - Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project Warnings For Exposures To Listed Chemicals In Foods - Summary of comments available
[04/01/08] - Details for the public input sessions - Biomonitoring
[03/28/08] - Oportunidad para Participación Pública - Biomonitoreo
[03/28/08] - Title 22 CCR § 12000-14000,
Proposition 65 - Changes Without Regulatory Effect - Title 22,
Regulatory Update Project
[03/28/08] - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Amendment to Section 12705. Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk: Ethylbenzene
[03/28/08] - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Amendment to Section 12705.
Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk: C.I. Direct Blue 218
[03/28/08] - California Biomonitoring Program Frequently Asked Questions
[03/25/08] - Correction to the Listing of the Chemicals Acifluorfen and Ganciclovir Sodium as Known to the State to Cause Cancer and Reproductive Toxicity
[03/21/08] - Request for Public Participation, Notice of Public Workshop - Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project, Beneficial Nutrients Regulatory Concept
[03/21/08] - Release of Interpretive Guideline for Hand-to-Mouth Transfer of Lead Through Exposure to Fishing Tackle
[03/14/08] - Press Release - Mussel Consumption Warning Lifted Tests Show No Elevated Risk From SF Bay Mussels
[03/13/08] - Updated Fact Sheet on the Safety of Consuming Fish and Shellfish from Areas Impacted by the M/V Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay, California
[03/13/08] - OEHHA Slide presentation from the Public Hearing for Comment on a Request for a Safe Use Determination for Fumonisin B1 in Corn Snack Food Products
[03/12/08] - Announcement of Chemicals Selected by OEHHA for Consideration for Listing by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee and Request for Relevant Information on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of These Chemicals EXTENSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Bisphenol A
[03/21/08] posted 03/11/08 - Details for the public input sessions - Biomonitoring
[03/09/08] - Oportunidad para Participación Pública - Biomonitoreo
[03/09/08] - Notice of a Public Hearing for Comment on a Request for a Safe Use Determination for Fumonisin B1 in Corn Snack Food Products - EXTENSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
[03/06/08] - Discussion Topics for Public Hearing on a Request for a Safe Use Determination for Fumonisin B1 in Corn Snack Food Products
[02/29/08] - Public Input Sessions on Chemical Selection - Save the Dates
[02/29/08] - Sesiones de Opiniones Públicas - Guarde las Fechas
[02/29/08] - Chemicals Under Consideration For Possible Listing Via The Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request For Relevant Information - EXTENSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, 4-methylimidazole
[02/28/08] -
OEHHA Distinguished Lecture Series: Advances in Toxicology, Dr. Jerry Heindel, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Developmental Origins of Disease and Dysfunction: Role of Environmental Exposures (Wednesday, February 27, 2008)
[02/22/08] - Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project Warnings For Exposures To Listed Chemicals In Foods
[02/15/08] - Chemicals Under Consideration for Possible Listing Via the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Request for Relevant Information, Benthiavalicarbisopropyl, Mepanipyrim, Pirimicarb, Resmethrin
[02/15/08] - OEHHA Distinguished Lecture Series:
Advances in Toxicology and Risk Assessment, Dr. Shuk-mei Ho, University of Cincinnati, Fundamentals of Epigenetics
[02/13/08] - Public Input Sessions on Chemical Selection - Save the Dates
[02/12/08] - Sesiones de Opiniones Públicas de Cuales Quimicos Deberían Incluirse en el Programa - Guarde las Fechas
[02/12/08]
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Final Public Health Goal for Copper in Drinking Water
[02/08/08] - Notice of Release of an Updated Report on Proposition 65 Safe Harbor Levels Adopted in Regulation and Under Development
[02/01/08] - Notice of New Practice Regarding the Development of Proposition 65 Safe Harbor Levels for Newly Listed Chemicals
[02/01/08] -
Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches Work Group: Announcement of Work Group Members
[01/29/08] -
OEHHA's Toxicity Criteria Database updated with the cancer potency information for ethylbenzene
[01/25/08] -
Proposition 65 Regulatory Update Project, 2008 Project List
[01/22/08] -
Announcement of Chemicals Selected by OEHHA for Consideration for Listing by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee and Request for Relevant Information on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of These Chemicals: Bisphenol-A, Chlorpyrifos, Chromium, DDE, Sulfur dioxide
[01/18/08] - Notice of a Public Hearing for Comment on a Safe Use Determination for Fumonisin B1 in Corn Snack Food Products
[01/11/08] - Announcement of a Public Comment Period Extension: Chlorpyrifos
[01/07/08]
Archived Public Notices
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