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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adopting new cancer inhalation unit risk and slope factors for Cobalt and Cobalt Compounds for use in the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program.  Inhalation unit risks are used to estimate lifetime cancer risks associated with inhalation exposure to a carcinogen. 

This notice announces the beginning of a 45-day public comment period on the chemicals that will be discussed at a public meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) scheduled for Thursday, December 10, 2020.

OEHHA has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. In accordance with Governor Newsom’s Executive Orders N-29-20 and N-33-20 as well as recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, the hearing will not have a physical location.

At the request of the California Legislature, OEHHA conducted a health effects assessment of the potential impacts of synthetic food dyes on children, particularly for neurobehavioral and other neurologic effects.

The comment period will now close on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. 

As required the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of changes to the proposed regulatory action to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations, sections 25602, 25607, 25607.1, and 25607.3, which originally was intended to clarify certain provisions of the regulations addressing consumer product exposure warnings, specific product, chemical and area exposure warnings, food exposure warnings, and alcoholic beverage exposure warnings

his notice announces the beginning of a 45-day public comment period on seven chemicals. These chemicals will be discussed at a public meeting of the Proposition 65 Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2020. The meeting will be held virtually. 

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adopting new Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) for Toluene for use in the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program. RELs are airborne concentrations of a chemical that are not anticipated to result in adverse noncancer health effects for specified exposure durations in the general population, including sensitive subpopulations.

OEHHA is required to develop guidelines for conducting health risk assessments under the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program (Health and Safety Code Section 44360(b)(2)).  In implementing this requirement, OEHHA develops new IURs and revises existing IURs for many air pollutants.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations, by adopting Section 25505 Exposures to Listed Chemicals in Cooked or Heat Processed Foods.