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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is recommending that the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) set the notification levels (NLs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) at the lowest levels at which they can be reliably detected in drinking water using currently available and appropriate technologies.

Fish advisory for Lake Spaulding in Nevada County.

A compilation of selected publications presenting observations and new or emerging scientific information on climate change.

The advisory issued today provides safe eating advice for Inland Silverside, Rainbow Trout, and Sacramento Pikeminnow.

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Fish advisory for Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County.

 A state fish advisory issued today for Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Black Crappie, Common Carp, sunfish species, and Threadfin Shad.

OEHHA added glyphosate to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens in July 2017, based on a finding by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that glyphosate is both an animal carcinogen and “probably carcinogenic to humans”.

This rulemaking adds Sections 25607.36 and 25607.37 to Article 6 as safe harbor tailored warnings for exposures to listed chemicals that may occur through the rental of a motor vehicle.

Fishery closure and re-opening recommendations due to biotoxin levels