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Announcement of a public workshop. Possible amendments concerning the calculation of the concentration of listed chemicals in foods.

OEHHA is considering amending the existing regulation (CCR Section 25821(c)) to clarify that the reasonably anticipated rate of intake or exposure to a listed chemical must be calculated as the arithmetic mean of daily intake or exposure for product users.

CMNP (Pyrazachlor) listed effective August 25, 2015 as known to the state of California to cause cancer via the authoritative bodies mechanism.

Notice of intent to list furfuryl alcohol via the authoritative bodies listing mechanism.

Advisory based on mercury.

For information relating to biotoxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs) that may be found in California water bodies, see below.

Recommendations for safely eating fish from Ventura County's Lake Piru were developed by OEHHA for three fish species based on levels of mercury measured in fish sampled from Lake Piru.

Draft technical support document on proposed updates of the public health goals (PHGs) for carbofuran, diquat, endrin, picloram, and thiobencarb.

Teriparatide listed fffective August 14, 2015 via the formally required to be labeled mechanism as known to the state of California to cause cancer.

A study by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment suggests heat exposure may lead to a greater risk of infant mortality.

Following the Refugio Beach oil spill incident in Santa Barbara County, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife implemented a fisheries closure.  Based on the following health evaluation, OEHHA recommended on June 29, 2015 that CDFW rescind the fishery closure order.