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Extension of Comment Period - Intent to List: Nitrite in Combination with Amines or Amides
Extension of comment period on the notice of intent to list nitrite in combination with amines or amides as known to the State to cause cancer.
Mar 10, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Extension of Comment Period - Intent to List Beta-Myrcene
Extension of comment period on the notice of intent to list beta-myrcene
Mar 10, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Change to Basis for Identification of Male Reproductive Toxicity as an Endpoint of Reproductive Toxicity for Methyl Chloride
OEHHA has changed the basis for identifying male reproductive toxicity as an endpoint of reproductive toxicity for methyl chloride under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
Mar 7, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Change in the Identification of Reproductive Toxicity Endpoints in the Listing of Toluene as Known to Cause Reproductive Toxicity
The state’s qualified experts determined that toluene was clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause reproductive toxicity (developmental endpoint). 
Mar 7, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Updated Public Health Goals for Chlorobenzene, Endothall, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Silvex, and Trichlorofluoromethane
Updated second draft Public Health Goals for chlorobenzene, endothall, hexachlorocyclopentadiene, silvex, and trichlorofluoromethane are now available.
Mar 7, 2014, Program: Water
Notice of Public Workshop Title 27, California Code of Regulations Proposition 65 Potential Amendments to Article 6 Clear and Reasonable Warnings
April 14, 2014 public workshop for the purpose of discussing a possible regulatory action to change the existing regulation governing Proposition 65 warnings.  If a regulation is adopted, it would replace the existing OEHHA regulation.
Mar 7, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Chemicals in Fish
Sources and health effects of chemicals in the fish we eat.
Mar 1, 2014, Program: Fish
Notice of Intent to List Pentosan polysulfate sodium, Pioglitazone, Triamterene as Known to Cause Cancer by the Labor Code Mechanism
Notice of intent to list pentosan polysulfate sodium, pioglitazone, triamterene as known to cause cancer by the Labor Code mechanism
Feb 28, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Comment Period - Notice of Intent to List Pentosan polysulfate sodium, Pioglitazone, Triamterene as Known to Cause Cancer by the Labor Code Mechanism
Comment period on the Notice of intent to list pentosan polysulfate sodium, pioglitazone, triamterene as known to cause cancer by the Labor Code mechanism
Feb 28, 2014, Program: Proposition 65
Children's Environmental Health Symposium 2014 - Impacts of Environmental Chemicals on Development
OEHHA hosted its Children's Environmental Health Symposium in Sacramento.  The theme of the symposium was "Impacts of Environmental Chemicals on Development – Are complex interactions captured by traditional risk assessment practices?"
Feb 25, 2014, Program: Risk Assessment

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