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June 2026 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment will convene a meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee on June 18, 2026. The meeting will include a discussion and updates on the development of hazard identification materials on p,pʹ-bisphenol chemicals.
| Proposition 65

State Launches a New Feature to CalHeatScore to Make Extreme Heat Info Accessible to More Californians

CalHeatScore API allows integration of CalHeatScore data into variety of applications
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El Estado lanza una nueva función de CalHeatScore para hacer más accesible la información sobre calor extremo a más californianos

La API de CalHeatScore permite integrar los datos de CalHeatScore en diversas aplicaciones
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Inhalation Unit Risk Factor (IUR) for Acrolein

OEHHA is releasing a draft document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity data and derives a cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for acrolein.
| Air

Inhalation Unit Risk Factor (IUR) for Ethylene Oxide

OEHHA is releasing a draft document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity data and derives an updated cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for ethylene oxide.
| Air

California Releases Draft Cancer Risk Assessments for Two Air Toxics

Governor Newsom proposing $2.5 million initiative to protect Californians from related health risks
| Air

California publica evaluaciones preliminares sobre el riesgo de cáncer para dos sustancias tóxicas del aire

El gobernador Newsom propone una iniciativa de 2.5 millones de dólares para proteger a los californianos de los riesgos para la salud asociados con estas sustancias.
| Air

Fish Advisory for Lake Hemet Offers Safe-Eating Advice for Three Species

Fish consumption advisory for Lake Hemet in Riverside County.
| Fish

Notice Of Intent to List Chemicals by the Labor Code Mechanism: Welding Fumes

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

Notice Of Intent to List Chemicals by the Labor Code Mechanism: Hydrochlorothiazide, Voriconazole, and Tacrolimus

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list hydrochlorothiazide, voriconazole, and tacrolimus 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