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OEHHA released for public comment the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program Risk Assessment Guidelines Part IV: Exposure Assessment and Stochastic Analysis Technical Support Document.

Chemical listed effective March 3, 2000 as known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity: Pravastatin sodium.

Availability of the draft hazard identification document for sodium nitrite to be considered at the June 2, 2000 Meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.

Comment period on the draft hazard identification document for sodium nitrite to be considered at the June 2, 2000 meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.

Request for information on METRIBUZIN  to be considered by OEHHA's Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee.

Comment period for metribuzin , chemical to be considered by OEHHA's Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee.

Following approval by the Scientific Review Panel, OEHHA adopted the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program Risk Assessment Guidelines Part III, and 1st set of 22 chronic RELs.

Retraction of Notice of Intent to List for Imazalil, a candidate for listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism

OEHHA released its final report on the potential public health impacts of ethanol as an oxygenate in gasoline.  It includes an analysis of the health risks of ethanol in gasoline, the products of incomplete combustion of ethanol in gasoline, and any resulting secondary transformation products.

OEHHA announces the availability of a second draft of 12 draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals (PHGs) for chemicals in drinking water.  These chemicals are: aluminum, benzene, carbofuran, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, diquat, nickel, simazine, tetrachloroethylene, thiobencarb, uranium, and vinyl chloride.