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Proposal to adopt an updated No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) of 0.35 micrograms per day. OEHHA also proposes to adopt a Maximum Allowable Dose Level for PCBs of 2.3 ug/day.

The regulation adopts a NSRL of 41 ug/day for chlorothalonil.

OEHHA announced its revised Reference Exposure Levels for nickel and nickel compounds following its approval by the Scientific Review Panel.

Proposal to clarify that the Science Advisory Board Committees provides peer review for the proposed No Significant Risk Levels for carcinogens and proposed Maximum Allowable Dose Levels for reproductive toxicants that are developed by OEHHA

Consumption of methanol resulting from pectin that occurs naturally in fruits and vegetables

Proposal to establish a Maximum Allowable Dose Levels for methanol of 47,000 micrograms per day for inhalation and 23,000 micrograms per day for ingestion.  Concurrently, an interpretive guideline for methanol resulting from pectin that occurs naturally in fruits and vegetables is being published.

Chemical listed effective March 16, 2012 as known to the State of California to cause reproductive toxicity: Methanol

OEHHA proposal to update the existing regulatory levels posing no significant risk for trichloroethylene, to 14 micrograms per day for oral exposure and 50 micrograms per day for inhalation exposure.

Advisory based on mercury

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

Fish advisory for the Lower American River.