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Notice of proposed rulemaking, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, amendments to Section 12705b and c, Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk.
Apr 8, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA accepted public comments on a draft fish advisory concerning elevated levels of mercury in fish in Trinity Lake and selected water bodies in the Trinity River watershed in Trinity County.
Apr 8, 2005, Program: Fish
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Title 22, California Code of Regulations, section 12705 to add a new subsection providing an alternative risk level for the chemical acrylamide in breads and cereals.
Apr 8, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
Notice of proposed rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations. Amendments to Section 12601, Clear and Reasonable Warning: Acrylamide.
Apr 8, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
Workshop on potential regulatory action exempting exposures from chemicals that form from natural constituents in food during cooking or heat processing from the Proposition 65 warning requirements.
Apr 8, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
Extension of comment period. Notice of intent to list butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP), and di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) under Proposition 65 as chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity.
Apr 4, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
Extension of public comment period; Notice of proposed rulemaking. Use of specified methods of detection and analysis for listed chemicals for voluntary compliance testing.
Apr 4, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA announced that the state's Public Health Goal (PHG) for perchlorate in drinking water is consistent with the findings of a recent report on the chemical by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Apr 1, 2005, Program: Water
Notice of Intent to List chemical as causing reproductive toxicity under the authoritative bodies mechanism: 2-bromopropane
Apr 1, 2005, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA will publish formal notices proposing a series of regulatory actions to address the issue of acrylamide exposures from foods under Proposition 65.
Mar 21, 2005, Program: Proposition 65