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Chromium, Trivalent (Inorganic Water-Soluble Compounds) Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) Document - Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (SRP) Review Draft
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a draft document for public review, summarizing the toxicity and derivation of proposed Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) for Chromium (Trivalent) and Inorganic Water-Soluble Trivalent Chromium Compounds (Cr(III)).
Apr 9, 2021, Program: Air
Notice of Extension of Data Call in Period for NSRL for 1,3-Dichloropropene
At the request of the Dow Chemical Company, OEHHA hereby extends the request for information on 1,3-dichloropropene that will inform OEHHA’s development of a safe harbor level for this chemical. The request for information will now close on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. 
Apr 9, 2021, Program: Proposition 65
Tribal Listening Session - Lake, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties
We will gather remotely to hear and collect perspectives and information on the climate change impacts being experienced by tribal communities in Lake, Sonoma, and Mendocino Counties.
Apr 2, 2021, Program: Climate Change
Tribal Listening Session - Southern California
We will gather remotely to hear and collect perspectives and information on the climate change impacts being experienced by tribal communities in Southern California
Apr 2, 2021, Program: Climate Change
December 10, 2020 Meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting
A meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC), DARTIC provided the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) with its advice concerning the relative priority of 22 chemicals (or chemical groups) for possible consideration for listing at future meetings of the DARTIC.
Mar 26, 2021, Program: Proposition 65
Chemical Selected for Consideration for Listing by the Carcinogen Identification Committee and Request for Relevant Information on the Carcinogenic Hazard of: PFOS and its salts and Transformation and Degradation Precursors
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors (referred to hereafter as “this chemical”) for the Carcinogen Identification Committee's (CIC) review for possible listing under Proposition 65.
Mar 26, 2021, Program: Proposition 65
Chemicals Selected for Consideration for Listing by the DARTIC and Request for Relevant Information on the Reproductive Toxicity Hazards of: PFDA and its salts, PFHxS and its salts, PFNA and its salts, and PFUnDA and its salts
California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) and its salts, perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts, perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and its salts, and perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA) and its salts for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee's (DARTIC)  review for possible listing under Proposition 65
Mar 26, 2021, Program: Proposition 65
Hensley Lake
Fish advisory for Hensley Lake in Madera County.
Mar 23, 2021, Program: Fish
Fish Advisory for Hensley Lake Offers Safe Eating Advice for Five Fish Species
A state fish advisory issued today for Hensley Lake in Madera County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, catfish species, Common Carp, crappie species, and sunfish species.
Mar 23, 2021, Program: Fish
Chemicals Listed Effective March 19, 2021 As Known to The State Of California to Cause Cancer: Molybdenum Trioxide and Indium Tin Oxide
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding molybdenum trioxide (CAS No. 1313-27-5) and indium tin oxide (CAS No. 50926-11-9) to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65
Mar 19, 2021, Program: Proposition 65

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