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Furfuryl Alcohol Listed Effective September 30, 2016 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer

Tentative agenda for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2016 beginning at 10:00am.

Tentative agenda for the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) meeting on on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 beginning at 10:00am.

Notice extending the public comment period on the Hazard Identification materials for Nitrite in Combination with Amines or Amides

Includes changes in critical study and endpoint selection, and updated dose-response analysis and exposure estimates.  These changes resulted in the revision of the antimony PHG to 1 ppb.

The updated PHGs are 0.7 parts per billion (ppb) for carbofuran, 6 ppb for diquat, 0.3 ppb for endrin, 166 ppb for picloram, and 42 ppb for thiobencarb, all based on non-cancer effects.

Extension of comment period for nitrite in combination with amines or amides. To be considered for possible listing by the CIC at its meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 15, 2016.

Presentations from the 2016 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium exploring "New Findings from California”.

La Oficina de Evaluación de Peligros a la Salud Ambiental (OEHHA, por sus siglas en inglés), en nombre de La Agencia de Protección Ambiental del Estado de California (CalEPA), comunica que se encuentra disponible el borrador de la última versión del Instrumento de Evaluación de la Salud Ambiental en las Comunidades de California: CalEnviroScreen 3.0.

Notice of intent to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) as known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.  Public comments are available.