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A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 500 ppb is developed for picloram in drinking water

Request for information.  Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: 15 Chemicals

Results of the second round pilot random selection of the chemicals eligible for prioritization for consideration of carcinogenicity evaluation.

An Action Level of 3 parts per billion (ppb) is developed for 1,4-dioxane in drinking water.

Prioritizing chemicals for consideration as carcinogens under Proposition 65 by the "State's Qualified Experts": Second round pilot random selection.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (1997) Report on the Implementation of Governor Wilson’s Executive Order W-137-96 to Improve the Science and Consistency of Risk Assessment in California

Public Health Goals for 27 chemicals have been finalized, and the technical support documents for each chemical is now available.

Request for public input on the agenda for Authoritative Bodies Workshop.

OEHHA announces a public comment period for 19 draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals (PHGs) for the following chemicals: atrazine; bentazon; cadmium; chromium; 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP); 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1-dichloroethylene; 1,2-dichloropropane; 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone); endrin; heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide; g -hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane); hexachlorocyclopentadiene; inorganic mercury; methoxychlor; thallium; 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; trichloroethylene; and toluene.

OEHHA published technical support documents for Public Health Goals (PHGs) for 20 chemicals in drinking water.  These chemicals are: antimony, alachlor, benzo(a)pyrene, chlordane, copper, cyanide, dalapon, DEHP, dinoseb, endothall, ethylbenzene, FC-11, FC-113, fluoride, glyphosate, lead, nitrate and nitrite, oxamyl, pentachlorophenol, picloram, uranium (withdrawn June 29, 1998), xylene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.