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OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for Phosphine. These comments and our recommendations, as well as suggested clarifications, additions and corrections, are contained in this report.
Nov 19, 2013, Program: Pesticides
Fish Advisory For Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds: Trout Safe to Eat Daily: But Avoid Carp and Goldfish
Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds are part of the 150-acre Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos. The largest pond is stocked with rainbow trout. The advisory is based on data from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Nov 13, 2013, Program: Fish
Draft Public Health Goals for five chemicals are now available for public comment. These chemicals are: chlorobenzene, endothall, hexachlorocyclopentadiene, silvex, and trichlorofluoromethane.
Nov 1, 2013, Program: Water
These amendments would clarify the existing requirements for scientific experts appointed to the committees by the Governor. These amendments will also remove certain portions of Section 25304 that were made redundant when advisory committee members were added to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) Conflict of Interest Code.
Oct 25, 2013, Program: Proposition 65
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.
Oct 22, 2013, Program: Fish
The guidelines for 16 fish species in San Diego Bay and an accompanying advisory for 12 species in nearby Mission Bay. The recommendations for Mission Bay are less restrictive than for San Diego Bay, with no fish species listed in the “do not eat” category. The recommendations are based on the levels of methylmercury and PCBs in different fish species in the two bodies of water.
Oct 22, 2013, Program: Fish
OEHHA adopted Reference Exposure Levels for Caprolactam following approval by the Scientific Review Panel in 2011.
Oct 18, 2013, Program: Air
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.
Oct 4, 2013, Program: Proposition 65
Effective September 27, 2013, chloramphenicol sodium succinate is added to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65. The listing is based on the formally required to be labeled or identified mechanism.
Sep 27, 2013, Program: Proposition 65