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The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list the following chemicals as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65.
Oct 9, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
Description of the process of developing Interim Advisory Tissue Levels for cadmium.
Oct 6, 2020, Program: Fish
OEHHA is cancelling the public hearing scheduled to occur on October 13, 2020. Members of the public may continue to submit written comments until the close of the extended public comment period, October 21, 2020.
Oct 5, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adopting new cancer inhalation unit risk and slope factors for Cobalt and Cobalt Compounds for use in the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program. Inhalation unit risks are used to estimate lifetime cancer risks associated with inhalation exposure to a carcinogen.
Oct 2, 2020, Program: Air
This notice announces the beginning of a 45-day public comment period on the chemicals that will be discussed at a public meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) scheduled for Thursday, December 10, 2020.
Oct 2, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. In accordance with Governor Newsom’s Executive Orders N-29-20 and N-33-20 as well as recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, the hearing will not have a physical location.
Sep 25, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
At the request of the California Legislature, OEHHA conducted a health effects assessment of the potential impacts of synthetic food dyes on children, particularly for neurobehavioral and other neurologic effects.
Sep 18, 2020, Program: Risk Assessment
The comment period will now close on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.
Sep 14, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
As required the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of changes to the proposed regulatory action to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations, sections 25602, 25607, 25607.1, and 25607.3, which originally was intended to clarify certain provisions of the regulations addressing consumer product exposure warnings, specific product, chemical and area exposure warnings, food exposure warnings, and alcoholic beverage exposure warnings
Sep 11, 2020, Program: Proposition 65
his notice announces the beginning of a 45-day public comment period on seven chemicals. These chemicals will be discussed at a public meeting of the Proposition 65 Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2020. The meeting will be held virtually.
Sep 4, 2020, Program: Proposition 65