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OEHHA has received a request for a Safe Use Determination (SUD) for diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in outdoor furniture products made with Phifertex® fabric, specifically that exposures to DINP in these products do not present significant cancer risks under Proposition 65, and do not require a warning.
Feb 13, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
The 2015 public health protective concentration is 3 parts per million (ppm) for the chemical para-chlorobenzene sulfonic acid (pCBSA) in drinking water.
Feb 2, 2015, Program: Water
OEHHA provides advice and recommendations to DPR concerning human health risks posed by pesticides that are under evaluation. General overview.
Feb 1, 2015, Program: Pesticides
General information on public health goals with a table of all PHG values. The table includes the chemical name, the PHG value (mg/L) and the date the PHG was last updated.
Feb 1, 2015, Program: Water
General information, and links to meeting archive of CalEnviroScreen and the Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches (CIPA) work group.
Feb 1, 2015, Program: CalEnviroScreen
General information regarding notification levels, or health-based advisory levels, for chemicals in drinking water. A summary table of values is provided.
Feb 1, 2015, Program: Water
Frequenty Asked Questions about Public Health Goals, and a link to download a copy of this guide.
Feb 1, 2015, Program: Water
Questions and answers about the biological insecticide Entrust® (Spinosad)
Jan 29, 2015, Program: Pesticides
Chemical listed effective January 23, 2015 as known to the state of California to cause cancer: Mitoxantrone hydrochloride
Jan 23, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA is assisting the Dry Creek Conservancy (DCC) and the American Basin Council of Watersheds to gain a better understanding of the stressors in the Dry Creek watershed that have contributed to salmon declines over the past two decades. OEHHA is collecting environmental data and is using the Stressor Identification (ID) method developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency to identify impacts of urbanization and causes of impairment to the health of the watershed.
Jan 20, 2015, Program: Ecotoxicology