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Written comments for the proposed updates of Public Health Goals (PHGs) for carbofuran, diquat, endrin, picloram, and thiobencarb in drinking water must be received by the PHG program by 5:00 p.m. on August 29, 2016.

Comment period on the proposed action to continue to allow the temporary use of point-of-sale warning messages for BPA exposures from canned and bottled foods and beverages until warnings can be placed on newly manufactured cans and/or BPA is removed from the linings, until December 30, 2017.

September 12, 2016 public hearing to discuss the proposed action to continue to allow the temporary use of point-of-sale warning messages for BPA exposures from canned and bottled foods and beverages until warnings can be placed on newly manufactured cans and/or BPA is removed from the linings, until December 30, 2017.

2nd public comment period proposed updated PHGs for Carbofuran (0.7 ppb), Diquat (6 ppb), Endrin (0.3 ppb), Picloram (166 ppb), and Thiobencarb (42 ppb) in drinking water.

Bromodichloroacetic acid listed effective July 29, 2016 as known to the state of California to cause cancer via the authoritative bodies mechanism.

2nd public comment period on the draft Public Health Goal (PHG) for antimony in drinking water.  The draft PHG would revise the PHG from 20 ppb to 1 ppb.

Announcement of the second public comment period on the draft Public Health Goal (PHG) for antimony in drinking water.  The draft PHG would revise the PHG from 20 ppb to 1 ppb.

Atrazine, propazine, simazine and their chlorometabolites DACT, DEA and DIA listed effective July 15, 2016 as known to cause reproductive toxicity under the authoritative bodies mechanism

Safe eating advice for five species of fish from Elkhorn Slough in Monterey County.

Elkhorn slough fish advisory explains that women younger than 46 and children younger than 18 should not eat any Leopard Shark or large Bat Ray from Elkhorn Slough. People of all ages can safely eat as many as seven servings per week of Asian Clam or Speckled Sanddab.