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Under the authority of California Food and Agricultural Code Section 12980 and 12981, OEHHA has prepared health-based recommendations for DPR to address potential cancer risks to occupational bystanders from the use of 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D).

The California Department Pesticide Regulation has proposed new regulations, developed jointly and mutually with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to protect occupational bystanders in the general vicinity of a treated field to reduce the risk of 1,3-D exposure.

Fish Advisory for Modesto Reservoir in Stanislaus County.

Fish consumption advisory for the Modesto Reservoir, located approximately 20 miles east of the city of Modesto, in Stanislaus County provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, sunfish species and Threadfin Shad.

OEHHA researches and presents information related to wildfires and its health effects including development of guidance and fact sheets, epidemiological research, and measurement of wildfire as a climate change indicator.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has amended Title 27, California Code of Regulations 25607.2(b), to provide an additional safe harbor warning option for businesses that cause significant exposures to acrylamide in food products. 

OEHHA conducts research to analyze the benefits and impacts of California’s climate actions on community air quality and health.

Fish advisory for Lower Putah Creek and Lake Solano.

Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory update for Lower Putah Creek and Lake Solano, which runs through Solano and Yolo counties, from Monticello Dam on Lake Berryessa to just west of Sacramento. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for Bigscale Logperch, black bass species, catfish species, Common Carp, crayfish species, Inland Silverside, Mosquitofish, Sacramento Blackfish, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, sculpin species, and sunfish species.

Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory update for Lake Berryessa, located approximately 28 miles northeast of Santa Rosa, in Napa County. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, catfish species, Chinook (King) Salmon, Inland Silverside, Rainbow Trout, and Threadfin Shad.