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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has amended Title 27, this regulatory action will make the Proposition 65 short-form warning more informative to consumers.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is announcing a proposed updated Public Health Goal (PHG) for N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in drinking water, the availability of a draft technical support document, a 45-day public comment period, and a hybrid public workshop on January 20, 2025.

Fish consumption advisory for Lake Chabot, located in the city of Vallejo, in Solano County provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, Golden Shiner and sunfish species.

Under the authority of California Food and Agricultural Code Section 11454.1, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) conducts scientific peer review of human health risk assessments prepared by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). 

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is announcing the availability of a draft document for public review summarizing the noncancer reference exposure levels (RELs) for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene, as part of the Air Toxics Hot Spots program. OEHHA is also anouncing a comment period that will open November 29, 2024 and will close January 13, 2025. 

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has selected N-methyl-N-formylhydrazine for the Carcinogen Identification Committee review for possible listing under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act. This notice announces a data call-in to solicit information from the public relevant to the assessment of its carcinogenicity. N-Methyl-N-formylhydrazine was selected from chemicals prioritized by the CIC.

OEHHA will convene a meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC). At this meeting the DARTIC will consider the possible listing of bisphenol S (BPS).OEHHA has added a preliminary agenda for the meeting, as well as information about the meeting. 

OEHHA will convene a meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) for possible listing of vinyl acetate. OEHHA has added a preliminary agenda for the meeting, as well as information about the meeting. 

Fish consumption advisory for Lake Casitas, located approximately 8 miles northwest of the city of Ventura, in Ventura County provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, sunfish species and Threadfin Shad.

El Departamento de Reglamentación de Pesticidas (DPR por sus siglas en inglés) de California ha propuesto nuevas reglamentaciones elaboradas de manera conjunta y mutua con la Oficina de Evaluación de Riesgos para la Salud Ambiental (OEHHA, por sus siglas en inglés) para proteger espectadores ocupacionales en los alrededores de campos tratados para reducir su riesgo de exposición al 1,3-D.