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Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory for South Lake, located approximately 17 miles southwest of Bishop in Inyo County. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for Brook Trout, Brown Trout, California Golden Trout and Rainbow Trout.
Dec 6, 2023, Program: Fish
Effective November 17, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding coal-tar pitch, fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole, and silicon carbide whiskers to the list of chemicals known to the State of California.
Nov 17, 2023, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has published several studies evaluating the health effects of wildfires.
Nov 6, 2023, Program: Public Information
Safe harbor levels, which include No Significant Risk Levels (NSRLs) for cancer-causing chemicals and Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for chemicals causing reproductive toxicity.
Oct 27, 2023, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of a modification to the proposed Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for Antimony Trioxide.
Oct 27, 2023, Program: Proposition 65
Summary table of all OEHHA acute, 8-hr and chronic Reference Exposure Levels (chRELs) as of August 2020. Documentation for these values is available in the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Guidance Manual for the Preparation of Health Risk Assessments 2015.
Oct 11, 2023, Program: Air
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adopting new Reference Exposure Levels for Trimethylbenzenes for use in the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program. Reference Exposure Levels are airborne concentrations of a chemical that are not anticipated to result in adverse noncancer health effects for specified exposure durations in the general population, including sensitive subpopulations.
Oct 6, 2023, Program: Air
A state fish advisory issued today for El Capitan Reservoir in San Diego County provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Blue Catfish, Mississippi Silverside, Sculpin, sunfish species and Threadfin Shad.
Sep 13, 2023, Program: Fish
2020 Recommendations to the California Public Utilities Commission Regarding Health Protective Standards for the Injection of Biomethane into the Common Carrier Pipeline.
Sep 9, 2023, Program: Air
OEHHA has developed a priority list for the development of NSRLs
Sep 1, 2023, Program: Proposition 65