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Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory for Gene Wash Reservoir, located near the California-Arizona border, in San Bernardino County. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, Flathead Catfish, and sunfish species.
Jun 18, 2024, Category: Fish
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of changes to the proposed regulatory action to amend, Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, Sections 25601, 25602, 25603, and 25607.2 and adopt new Sections 25607.50, 25607.51, 25607.52, and 25607.53. The public comment period begins June 13, 2024, and ends June 28, 2024.
Jun 13, 2024, Category: Proposition 65
This webinar is the fourth in the series, co-convened with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. It will address the impacts of climate change on California’s wildlife and the efforts underway to address them.
Jun 7, 2024, Category: Climate Change
Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory for Crowley Lake, located approximately 25 miles northwest of the city of Bishop in Mono County. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for Golden Shiner, Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout and Sacramento Perch.
Apr 17, 2024, Category: Fish
California’s climate is changing. Climate change can affect our health through exposures to extreme heat, floods, and other events like wildfires. OEHHA is working to ensure that children and pregnancy-related risks are addressed, through scientific research, factsheets, and resources.
Apr 15, 2024, Category: Risk Assessment
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, section 25607.2. OEHHA is proposing a new safe harbor warning for significant exposures to acrylamide in food. This would be in addition to the applicable safe harbor warnings that already apply to such exposures under existing law. The warning content and methods provided in the safe harbor regulations are deemed “clear and reasonable” by OEHHA for purposes of the Act.
Apr 5, 2024, Category: Proposition 65
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment adopted public health goals for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water, providing important guidance to the State Water Resources Control Board to inform future drinking water standards.
Apr 5, 2024, Category: Water
OEHHA has released the Monitoring Prioritization Process report which describes how water bodies are identified and prioritized for additional monitoring to support fish advisory development.
Apr 5, 2024, Category: Fish

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