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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity and derivation of cancer inhalation unit risk factors (IURs) for cobalt and cobalt compounds. Cancer inhalation unit risk factors are used to estimate lifetime cancer risks associated with inhalation exposure to a carcinogen. This notice extends the comment period to May 7, 2019.
Apr 10, 2019, Program: Air
The PHG technical support document, available for download below, provides information on the health effects of contaminants in drinking water. The PHG is a level of drinking water contaminant at which adverse health effects are not expected to occur from a lifetime of exposure.
Mar 29, 2019, Program: Water
This amendment establishes an oral MADL of 28,000 micrograms per day and an inhalation MADL of 20,000 micrograms per day for n-hexane.
Mar 21, 2019, Program: Proposition 65
This rulemaking adds Sections 25607.34 and 25607.35 to Article 6 as safe harbor, tailored warnings for exposures to listed chemicals that may occur at residential rental properties.
Mar 21, 2019, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has modified the language of proposed section 25704 to clarify the scope of listed chemicals covered by the proposed regulation.
Mar 15, 2019, Program: Proposition 65
This proposed regulation would establish the naturally occurring level of lead in candies containing chili and/or tamarind as required by Health and Safety Code section 110552.
Mar 15, 2019, Program: Risk Assessment
A state fish advisory issued today for Whiskeytown Lake in Shasta County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Brook Trout, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, and sunfish species.
Mar 12, 2019, Program: Fish
Advisory based on mercury.
For information relating to biotoxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs) that may be found in California water bodies, see below.
Mar 12, 2019, Program: Fish
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to adopt new sections to Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.[1] Subsequent to the adoption of the new Article 6 of Title 27, California Code of Regs on August 30, 2016 and the amendments to the regulations on November 20, 2017 to clarify and make more specific certain provisions of Article 6, OEHHA received a request to adopt tailored safe harbor exposure warnings for exposures to listed chemicals f
Mar 8, 2019, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity and derivation of cancer inhalation unit risk factors (IURs) for cobalt and cobalt compounds. Cancer inhalation unit risk factors are used to estimate lifetime cancer risks associated with inhalation exposure to a carcinogen.
Mar 8, 2019, Program: Air