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The advisory issued provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Sacramento Pikeminnow, and Sacramento Sucker.
Sep 13, 2018, Program: Fish
Fish advisory for Yuba River, North Yuba River, and Middle Yuba River.
Sep 13, 2018, Program: Fish
OEHHA compiles environmental indicators tracking the impacts of climate change in California, which are already occurring.
Aug 30, 2018, Program: Climate Change
Derivation of the Public Health Concentrations (PHC) for Chlorthal-dimethyl (DCPA) and its Degradates Monomethyl Tetrachloroterephthalic Acid (MTP) and Tetrachloroterepththalic Acid (TPA) in Groundwater.
Aug 30, 2018, Program: Pesticides
OEHHA offers educational courses to health care providers on the recognition, treatment, and reporting of pesticide-related illness. Courses are available on-line or on-site. Each course is approximately one hour, and continuing education credits may be provided.
Aug 29, 2018, Program: Pesticides
This SUD request is limited to exposures to styrene from Fiber Care Baths, Inc. bathware products manufactured utilizing 1st and 2nd laminations systems and application of the LV-9800 acrylated gel-coat. Exposure to other listed substances, if any, which may be present in these materials will not be reviewed by OEHHA in the context of this request.
Aug 17, 2018, Program: Proposition 65
N-Nitrosohexamethyleneimine and gentian violet will be considered for possible listing by the CIC at a public meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 1, 2018. The meeting will be held in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will last until all business is conducted or until 5:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting will be provided in a future public notice published in advance of the meeting.
Aug 17, 2018, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adopting a new cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for tert-butyl acetate (TBAc). IURs are used to estimate lifetime cancer risks associated with inhalation exposure to a carcinogen.
Aug 16, 2018, Program: Air