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Notice of modifications to text of proposed regulations Section 12805 (MADL for reproductive toxicity for Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate by intravenous injection).

Notice of proposed rulemaking: Chemicals causing reproductive toxicity. Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for reproductive toxicity for di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) by oral exposure.

Request for comments on proposed listing of “estrogens, steroidal” as known to cause cancer via the Labor Code mechanism.

The Public Health Goal for lindane was updated in 2005.

Notice of modifications to the risk assessment document for sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate which serves as the basis for the proposed regulations Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12805 and OAL rulemaking files 04-1110-06s, 05-0318-04sr and 05-0608-02sr.

Notice of modifications to the risk assessment document for naphthalene which serves as the basis for the proposed regulations Title 22, California Code of Regulations Section 12705 OAL rulemaking files 04-1110-06s, 05-0318-04sr and 05-0602-03sr.

Index of comments submitted in response to the May 9, 2005 workshop on the 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.

OEHHA announces the initiation of risk assessments for chemicals in drinking water in 2005 for the following chemicals: 1,2,3-trichloropropane, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and 1,2-dichloroethane.

The Public Health goal for mercury (inorganic) was updated in 2005.

The Scientific Review Panel adopted OEHHA's Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program Risk Assessment Guidelines Part II: Technical Support Document for Describing Available Cancer Potency Factors.