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Advisory for eating fish from Mission Bay, a saltwater bay, about 6 miles north of San Diego Bay in San Diego County. Advice is the maximum number of servings per week.  The advisory is based on mercury or PCBs.

OEHHA adopted Reference Exposure Levels for Caprolactam following approval by the Scientific Review Panel in 2011. 

Announcement of the Carcinogen Identification Committee meeting scheduled for December 5, 2013 and the availability of hazard identification documents for butyl benzyl phthalate and diisononyl phthalate.

OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the exposure assessment methodology and conclusions on the draft EAD for Phosphine.

Hazard identification document to support the reconsideration of 9 chemicals listed under Proposition 65 as known to cause reproductive toxicity. Chemicals to be discussed at the November 21, 2013 DART meeting.

CalEPA and OEHHA announce the availability of an update to the California Communities Environmental Health Screeing Tool: CalEnviroScreen 1.1.

OEHHA has provided a number of comments on DPR’s proposal for regulatory mitigation for Chloropicrin.

Adoption of the Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for oral exposure for the chemicals hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts.

State sport fish advisory for San Luis Obispo County’s Oso Flaco Lake. Oso Flaco Lake is part of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, a California State Park. More than 50 fish from the lake were collected and analyzed for the presence of contaminants. The pesticides the fish were tested for—chlordanes, DDTs, and dieldrin—are legacy chemicals that have been prohibited for many years due to their high toxicity and persistence in the environment.

Advisory based on DDTs, dieldrin, or mercury.