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Correction to the listing of the chemicals acifluorfen and ganciclovir sodium as known to the State to cause cancer and reproductive toxicity.
Mar 21, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
April 18, 2008 public workshop to discuss regulatory proposal to address chemicals or compounds such as vitamins and minerals are necessary to promote human health or to ensure the healthy growth of food crops. Public comment period.
Mar 21, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
Infirmal workshop to request input from stakeholders in the enforcement and business communities, as well as other members of the public, concerning the range of options that could be included in any amendment to the safe harbor warning regulations that would specifically apply to exposures to listed chemicals in food products.
Mar 14, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
Release of interpretive guideline for hand-to-mouth transfer of lead through exposure to fishing tackle
Mar 14, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
Tests of mussels collected from Berkeley Marina and Rodeo Beach show no elevated health risk due to contamination in the area affected by the Cosco Busan oil spill. The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has withdrawn warnings to avoid eating mussels from those two sites and five additional Bay Area locations.
Mar 13, 2008, Program: Fish
Notice of a public hearing for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for Fumonisin B1 in corn snack food products
Mar 11, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
Notice of a public hearing for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for Fumonisin B1 in corn snack food products. Extension of public comment period.
Mar 6, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
Discussion topics for public hearing on a request for a Safe Use Determination for fumonisin B1 in corn snack food products
Feb 29, 2008, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has submitted findings on the active ingredient Endosulfan. These findings were prepared in response to the risk characterization document (RCD) prepared by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).
Feb 25, 2008, Program: Pesticides
Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: benthiavalicarbisopropyl, mepanipyrim, pirimicarb, resmethrin.
Feb 15, 2008, Program: Proposition 65