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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the publication of Public Health Goals (PHGs) for four trihalomethanes (THMs) found in drinking water as a result of disinfection methods: chloroform, bromodichloromethane (BDCM), dibromochloromethane (DBCM), and bromoform. A PHG is the level of a drinking water contaminant at which adverse health effects are not expected to occur from a lifetime of exposure.
Feb 7, 2020, Program: Water
The proposed amendment is to clarify certain provisions of the regulations addressing consumer product exposure warnings, specific product, chemical and area exposure warnings, food exposure warnings, and alcoholic beverage exposure warnings. This notice also opens a comment period that will close on March 16, 2020.
Jan 31, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a draft document summarizing the carcinogenicity and derivation of a cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for p‑Chloro-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene (p-chlorobenzotrifluoride, PCBTF). IURs are used to estimate lifetime cancer risks associated with inhalation exposure to a carcinogen.
Jan 28, 2020, Program: Air
Fish advisory for Bridgeport Reservoir in Mono County.
Jan 23, 2020, Program: Fish
State fish advisories issued today for Bridgeport Reservoir and Topaz Lake in Mono County provide safe eating advice for multiple species of fish.
Jan 23, 2020, Program: Fish
At a public meeting on December 11, 2019, the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee in its official capacity as the “state’s qualified experts” determined that cannabis (marijuana) smoke and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) were shown to cause reproductive toxicity based on the developmental endpoint.
Jan 23, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
On December 31, 2019, the Office of Administrative Law approved amendments to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25600.2, subsections (b), (c), (f) and (i), Responsibility to Provide Consumer Product Exposure Warnings.
Jan 14, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA received a request for a Safe Use Determination (SUD) for styrene in Fiber Care Baths, Inc. bathware products. The request was made by Tech America Corp. on behalf of Fiber Care Baths, Inc., pursuant to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, section 25204(b)(3).
Jan 3, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of n Proposition 65 interpretive guideline for residential exposure to dichlorvos (DDVP) in naled bait stations and lures during invasive pest eradication program activities.
Jan 3, 2020, Program: Proposition 65