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OEHHA has adopted an updated public health goal (PHG) of 1 part per billion (ppb) for perchlorate in drinking water. This PHG updates the 2004 perchlorate value of 6 ppb. Perchlorate is known to block the thyroid’s ability to take in and process iodide, which is a nutrient essential to brain development, growth, heart function, and other systems.
Feb 27, 2015, Program: Water
OEHHA is requesting comments as to whether styrene meets the criteria set forth in the Proposition 65 regulations for authoritative bodies listings.
Feb 27, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
A Story of Health was developed by ATSDR, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE), the University of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (UCSF PEHSU), the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California EPA (OEHHA), and the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) to explain how environments interact with genes to influence health across the lifespan.
Feb 26, 2015, Program: Risk Assessment
A general overview of the Criteria Air Pollutants (PM2.5, course particles, nitrogen dioxide and ozone) is provided, with links to health studies.
Feb 25, 2015, Program: Air
Details on OEHHA's work on health-based recommendations for California's Ambient Air Quality Standards on the common "criteria" air pollutants.
Feb 25, 2015, Program: Air
The study is the first to consider the effects on people of long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and analyzed data from more than 100,000 middle-aged women whose health status was followed from 2000 through 2007.
Feb 25, 2015, Program: Air
February 2015 public comment period and public review of hazard identification materials on BPA and female reproductive toxicity.
Feb 20, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
Hazard Identification Materials for Consideration of the Female Reproductive Toxicity of Bisphenol-A
Bisphenol A (BPA) was considered for listing at the meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) scheduled for May 7, 2015 in Sacramento.
Feb 20, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
Hearing for a Safe Use determination for DINP in carpet tile.
Feb 19, 2015, Program: Proposition 65
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