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NOTE: Following the March 23, 2005 Safe Use Determination public hearing, OEHHA determined that issuance of an Interpretive Guideline would be the more appropriate course of action. Note: The posted documents have been redacted to remove information that is not relevant to the safe use determination request for a hand-to-mouth transfer factor for lead.

Proposed adoption of Section 12900: Use of specified methods of detection and analysis for listed chemicals for voluntary compliance testing.

Effective February 11, 2005, vanadium pentoxide (orthorhombic crystalline form) is added to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer.

OEHHA adopted Chronic Reference Exposure Levels for silica (crystalline, respirable) after approval of its document by the Scientific Review Panel.

This revised report is required by the California Land Environmental Restoration and Reuse Act (Escutia, Chapter 764, Statues of 2001) as part of the effort to develop soil screening numbers for a specific set of contaminants.

Notice of a public hearing for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for a hand-to-mouth transfer factor for lead

NOTE: Following the March 23, 2005 Safe Use Determination public hearing, OEHHA determined that issuance of an Interpretive Guideline would be the more appropriate course of action. Note: The posted documents have been redacted to remove information that is not relevant to the safe use determination request for a hand-to-mouth transfer factor for lead.

Staff Presentations for Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting Held on November 4, 2004

Staff Presentations for Carcinogen Identification Committee Meeting Held on November 1, 2004

The final hazard identification document "Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Phenol" was released for public comment.