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OEHHA has released the Monitoring Prioritization Process report which describes how water bodies are identified and prioritized for additional monitoring to support fish advisory development.

A meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) was held virtually on June 13, 2023. A recording of the full meeting is available online.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has concluded the December 14 meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC), in which the CIC has made a decision on Bisphenol A. A recording of the full meeting and transcript is available online.

Help with many of the accessible features of the OEHHA website.

Please join OEHHA and the Children’s Environmental Health Center for a virtual symposium series exploring the effects of heat on children and during pregnancy. This highly interactive four-session symposium will cover physiologic considerations for children and pregnancy, strategies to combat health effects in children and during pregnancy, and important considerations for these populations in the development of heat health warning systems.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment intends to list antimony (trivalent compounds) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Vea el nuevo StoryMap en español que conmemora los 10 años de la primera versión pública de CalEnviroScreen. El StoryMap muestra cómo se desarrolló CalEnviroScreen, se ha mejorado con el paso de tiempo, ha sido utilizado para promover la justicia ambiental y cómo se ha convertido en un modelo nacional.

A state fish advisory issued today for Sunbeam Lake in Imperial County provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, sunfish species and Threadfin Shad.

A state fish advisory issued today for Gwen Moore Lake in Los Angeles County provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, Mississippi Silverside and sunfish species.

Fish advisory for Sunbeam Lake in Imperial County.