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OEHHA has been working with the California Water and Land Use Partnership to educate land use decision makers and their staff about the link between land use and natural resource protection.
Jul 11, 2006, Program: Ecotoxicology
This fact sheet on low impact development (LID) provides a solution to minimize or eliminate the impacts on the water cycle caused by paving over large areas of land, and reviews the basic principles of LID, its benefits and implementation challenges, its use in new and re-development, and provides examples of its application in urban and suburban environments.
Jul 11, 2006, Program: Ecotoxicology
Release of final technical document establishing ChRDs for Manganese (3.0 x 10^-2 mg/kg-day) and Pentachlorophenol (1.0 x 10^-3 mg/kg-day) to be used in school site risk assessments
Jul 3, 2006, Program: Risk Assessment
Fish are nutritious and good to eat, but anglers and other fish lovers need to be aware of the presence of mercury in many kinds of fish. The advisories for Lake Berryessa (Napa County) and Putah Creek (Yolo and Solano Counties) contain “safe eating guidelines” for consumption of fish from the water bodies.
Jun 22, 2006, Program: Fish
OEHHA announces the initiation of risk assessments for chemicals in drinking water in 2006 for the following chemicals: alachlor, atrazine and simazine, chlordane, 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone), fluoride, lead, and nitrate/nitrite.
Jun 16, 2006, Program: Water
Chemical listed effective June 9, 2006 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Jun 9, 2006, Program: Proposition 65
Staff Presentations for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting Held on May 24, 2006
Jun 6, 2006, Program: Proposition 65
Spending a lot of time near roadways with high traffic can be a potential health hazard. This 2006 fact sheet is to help childcare providers understand the issues related to traffic pollution and children’s health.
May 31, 2006, Program: Air
An independent scientific panel approved the addition of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) to the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
May 24, 2006, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has submitted findings on the active ingredient Methidathion. These findings were prepared in response to the risk characterization document (RCD) prepared by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).
May 9, 2006, Program: Pesticides