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Safe eating recommendations based on the levels of mercury measured in fish collected from Jenkinson Lake.

Fish advisory for El Dorado County’s Jenkinson Lake offers safe eating advice for Rainbow Trout, sunfish species, and black bass species

This fish advisory provides safe eating advice for seven species of fish from Lake San Antonio in Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Fish advisory for Monterey and San Luis Obispo County’s Lake San Antonio offers safe eating advice for Bullhead, Inland Silverside, White Catfish, black bass species, Carp, Channel Catfish, and Striped Bass

2017 Children's Environmental Health Symposium exploring "Environmental Justice and Children”. The symposium will be held April 26, 2017 and will examine the potential factors underlying children's unique vulnerabilities to the cumulative impacts of pollution and socioeconomic and community stressors.

A Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting, Friday, March 10, 2017 in Sacramento.  Agenda, meeting materials, and meeting recording available.

The Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting was held on March 10, 2017.  Before and during the meeting, public comments in the form of emails were received by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA).  These comments are grouped by the name of the senders and are available for download below.

OEHHA has determined that glyphosate (CAS No. 1071-83-6) will be added to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65.

Intent to adopt a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 1100 micrograms per day for glyphosate

OEHHA and UC Davis scientific workshop on May 4, 2017 exploring “Domoic Acid: Evaluating the State of the Science and Implications for Human Toxicity”. This workshop will explore dose levels that induce adverse effects and the spectrum of health endpoints.