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The Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel is a group of expert scientists that have been invited by OEHHA to provide scientific advice on OEHHA’s Synthetic Turf Study. The first panel meeting was held on February 8, 2016 in Sacramento and was webcast. The public was given opportunity to submit comments at the meeting.
Jan 28, 2016, Program: Risk Assessment
Adoption of the "Lead Agency website" regulation. This site will be separate from the main Proposition 65 website and provide supplemental information to the public about warnings.
Jan 25, 2016, Program: Proposition 65
Seafood risk assessment conducted by OEHHA following the Refugio Beach oil spill incident.
Dec 20, 2015, Program: Fish
OEHHA’s efforts to update and test the Leggett pharmacokinetic model are described in the report entitled "Estimating Workplace Air and Worker Blood Lead Concentrations using an Updated Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model." The new model was renamed Leggett+ and is available for public use.
Dec 17, 2015, Program: Air
Biographies are available for the members of the Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel. This panel provides advice on the design and implementation of OEHHA’s synthetic turf study.
Dec 9, 2015, Program: Risk Assessment
2015 addition of Aloe vera, non-decolorized whole leaf extract and Goldenseal root powder to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
Dec 4, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
2,5-hexanedione (CAS No. 110-13-4) listed effective December 4, 2015 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the State's Qualified Experts listing mechanim. Additional endpoint listed for methyl-n-butyl ketone (CAS No. 591-78-6).
Dec 4, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
Public Workshop in Los Angeles for the Study of Chemical Exposures and Potential Health Impacts Associated with the Use of Synthetic Turf.
Dec 3, 2015, Program: Risk Assessment
Public hearing on January 13, 2016 on new regulations that would further the “right-to-know” purposes of the statute and provide more specific guidance on the content of safe harbor warnings for a variety of exposure situations, and corresponding methods for providing those warnings.
Nov 27, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
Proposal to repeal Article 6 and at the same time adopt a new Article 6. Modifications to the proposed regulatory language have been made. Public hearing January 2016.
Nov 27, 2015, Program: Proposition 65