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Notice of a public hearing on February 25, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) in vinyl flooring products.

Notice of a 2015 public hearing for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) in vinyl flooring products.

In October 2013, to better understand workplace exposures, OEHHA developed a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model describing the relationship between airborne lead and blood levels in workers and released to the public.  An Errata sheet with a correction to Table A-2 was added to this document.

At the request of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has developed a PBPK (physiologically-based pharmacokinetic) model describing the relationship between airborne lead and blood lead levels in workers.

On November 19, 2014, the Office of Administrative Law approved an amendment to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25903, Appendix A. This regulatory amendment provides an update to the existing regulatory summary of Proposition 65 that must be included as an attachment to all notices of violation that are served upon alleged violators of Proposition 65. This amendment also reconciles OEHHA’s regulations with a 2013 amendment to Proposition 65 due to the enactment of AB 227 (Gatto, Chapter 581, Statutes of 2013).

Outcome and meeting summary of the public meeting on the consideration of chemicals as known to the state to cause cancer: Dibenzanthracenes and N-nitrosomethyl-n-alkylamines.

OEHHA released drafts of its proposed Reference Exposure Levels for toluene diisocyanate and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate for review by the Scientific Review Panel prior to its meeting. 

Advisory based on mercury. For information relating to biotoxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs) that may be found in California water bodies, see below.

Recommendations for the safe consumption of several fish species based on levels of methylmercury, the type of mercury that can be toxic to humans. Depending on the exposure level, methylmercury can harm the brain and nervous system of people, especially in fetuses and children as they grow.

Fish advisory for Camanche Reservoir.