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OEHHA has been designated as the lead entity within CalEPA to coordinate and manage Children's Environmental Health.  Memo from Matthew Rodriquez to George Alexeeff.

CalEPA named OEHHA the lead entity to coordinate and manage the Children's Environmental Health Program, with activities to include conducting symposia and periodically preparing reports on children's health and environmental chemical issues, as well as supervising and training environmental medicine and pediatric residents to address environmental chemical issues.

OEHHA extended the comment period for the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Technical Support Document For Exposure Assessment and Stochastic Analysis.

Intent to list methyl isopropyl ketone by the Labor Code mechanism.

This action amends existing procedures governing service of a 60-day notice under Proposition 65 by establishing an alternative procedure for serving notices on the Attorney General via electronic mail.

Notice of intent to list kresoxim-methyl and tetraconazole as known to the State to cause cancer.

Modification of the listing of glasswool fibers (airborne particles of respirable size) to glass wool fibers (inhalable and biopersistent) based on the authoritative bodies mechanism (NTP, 2011).

Notice of Amendment - Title 27, California Code of Regulations Amendment of Section 25703(a)(6): Quantitative Risk Assessment. The amendment modifies the calculation used to convert estimates of animal cancer potency to estimates of human cancer potency, which is used to calculate no significant risk levels for carcinogens listed under Proposition 65.

OEHHA has selected the chemicals below for the CIC’s review for possible listing under Proposition 65. OEHHA is initiating the development of hazard identification materials on C.I. Disperse Yellow 3, Dibenzanthracenes and dibenz[a,c]anthracene.

OEHHA posted the external peer review comments on the draft Public Health Goal for perchlorate in drinking water.