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Children and Heat — Protect infants, kids, and teens fact sheet in different languages

California’s climate is changing. Climate change can affect our health through exposures to extreme heat, floods, and other events like wildfires. OEHHA is working to ensure that children and pregnancy-related risks are addressed, through scientific research, factsheets, and resources.

Pregnancy and Heat — Protect yourself and your baby fact sheet in different languages

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment adopted public health goals for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water, providing important guidance to the State Water Resources Control Board to inform future drinking water standards.

OEHHA has released the Monitoring Prioritization Process report which describes how water bodies are identified and prioritized for additional monitoring to support fish advisory development.

OEHHA has adopted and published Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment convened a meeting of the CIC on February 27th, 2024. The meeting opened with a session on enzyme polymorphisms and susceptibility to carcinogenicity, including presentations from invited speakers and discussions with the Committee. The presentations and discussion will help inform future cancer hazard identification work at OEHHA. The Committee also discussed OEHHA’s proposal to streamline several sections of cancer hazard identification documents.

Health assessment memorandum to the California Department of Food and Agriculture detailing OEHHA’s health evaluation based on environmental monitoring data collected during the 2021-2023 application of Acelepryn® and Acelepryn G® (active ingredient chlorantraniliprole) to non-commercial turf for Japanese Beetle eradication in Sacramento County.

Fact sheet for residents detailing OEHHA’s health evaluation based on environmental monitoring data collected during the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s 2021-2023 application of Acelepryn® and Acelepryn G® (active ingredient chlorantraniliprole) to non-commercial turf for Japanese Beetle treatment in Sacramento County.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) decided to withdraw the proposed rulemaking intended to update the No Significant Risk Level for Ethylene Oxide.