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El informe muestra que los impactos del cambio climático se están acelerando y demuestra la importancia de una acción estatal sostenida

Los científicos del estado de California han publicado un nuevo informe que muestra cómo los efectos del cambio climático se están acelerando rápidamente en California.
| Climate Change

Report Shows Climate Change Impacts are Accelerating, Demonstrates Importance of Sustained State Action

California state scientists have released a new report that shows how the impacts of climate change are rapidly accelerating in California.
| Climate Change

Notice of Intent to List Chemicals by the Labor Code Mechanism: Atrazine

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list atrazine as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, sections 25249.5 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code (HSC), otherwise known as Proposition 65.
| Proposition 65

Proposition 65: Vinyl Acetate Pre-Regulatory Workshop

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will host an online pre-regulatory workshop to discuss a potential set of amendments related to vinyl acetate to existing Proposition 65 regulations on September 30, 2026.
| Proposition 65

Announcement of the Carcinogen Identification Committee Meeting Scheduled for November 17, 2026

OEHHA is referring ethoprop to the Carcinogen Identification Committee for a recommendation concerning whether the chemical should continue to be included on the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer.
| Proposition 65

Fish Advisory for Twin Lakes Offers Safe-Eating Advice for Three Species

Fish consumption advisory for Twin Lakes in Mono County.
| Fish

Proposition 65: Omnibus 2026 Pre-Rulemaking

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will host an in-person and online workshop to discuss potential amendments to the Proposition 65 regulations on July 30, 2026. The workshop will include a discussion of potential regulatory amendments that OEHHA will publish on its website prior to the workshop.
| Proposition 65

Welding Fumes Added to the Proposition 65 List for Cancer

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list welding fumes as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, sections 25249.5 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code (HSC), otherwise known as Proposition 65.
| Proposition 65

Hydrochlorothiazide, Voriconazole, and Tacrolimus Added to the Proposition 65 List for Cancer

Effective July 17, 2026, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding hydrochlorothiazide, voriconazole, and tacrolimus to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, sections 25249.5 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code, otherwise known as Proposition 65.
| Proposition 65

California publica CalEnviroScreen 5.0 para identificar y priorizar a las comunidades afectadas por la contaminación, y anuncia la designación preliminar de comunidades desfavorecidas

(Spanish) Press release announcing CalEnviroScreen 5.0 release
| CalEnviroScreen