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Fish advisory for Gwen Moore Lake in Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles County.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is announcing the webcast option for the Northern California Public Workshop on releasing a draft document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity data and derives an updated cancer inhalation unit risk factor for ethylene oxide. At the request of the American Chemistry Council, OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period. The public comment period will now close on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. 

New CalEnviroScreen 4.0 data dashboard released. The dashboard is an interactive online tool used for filtering and visualizing the latest CalEnviroScreen data. Users can filter CalEnviroScreen 4.0 data by geography (county, city, or legislative district) and by any combination of the results from the 21 indicators. A tutorial video and user guide are available. Also released is the response to public comments on CalEnviroScreen 4.0.

Please see the new StoryMap on the 10-year anniversary of the first public version of CalEnviroScreen to learn about how the tool was developed, has improved over time, been used to advance environmental justice, and come to serve as a national model. In recognition of the collaborative process the informed the tool, the StoryMap contains numerous quotes from users of the tool and key people that have contributed their time, expertise, and opinions to help shape CalEnviroScreen over the years.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adopting new Reference Exposure Levels for 1-Bromopropane 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. 

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Effective April 21, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adding 1,1,1-trichloroethane and leucomalachite green to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65.

Fish advisory for Lauritzen Channel in Richmond inner Harbor.

An updated fish advisory issued today for the San Francisco Bay provides safe eating advice for eighteen fish species, including new “do not eat” advice for Mississippi Silverside, Pacific Sardine, and Topsmelt.

Fish advisory for San Francisco Bay.