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The San Ysidro Air Study is a collaboration between the San Ysidro community in San Diego, state and local government, and academia to collect neighborhood air pollution data using advanced low-cost technology. This partnership is critical to the success of the project. Through citizen science and civic participation, residents act as decision makers.
Jan 9, 2018, Program: CalEnviroScreen
Vinylidene Chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) Listed Effective December 29, 2017 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer via the Labor Code (LC) mechanism.
Dec 29, 2017, Program: Proposition 65
Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding specific regulatory levels posing no significant risk: bromodichloroacetic acid.
Dec 29, 2017, Program: Proposition 65
Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding specific regulatory levels posing no significant risk: bromochloroacetic acid.
Dec 29, 2017, Program: Proposition 65
Dec 19, 2017, Program: Air
OEHHA publishes the Guidelines for Physicians - a booklet that describes the state program of ChE monitoring for agricultural pesticide mixers/loaders/applicators who regularly handle toxicity Category I and II OP or CB pesticides.
Dec 19, 2017, Program: Pesticides
This notice extends the comment period to February 14, 2018.
Dec 19, 2017, Program: Air
Chlorpyrifos and n-Hexane will be added to the Proposition 65 list.
Dec 15, 2017, Program: Proposition 65
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986[1]. OEHHA received a request for a Safe Use Determination (SUD) for diisononyl phthalate (DINP)[2] in Interface GlasBac® and GlasBac®RE modular carpet tiles. The request was made by Interface, Inc.
Dec 15, 2017, Program: Proposition 65
Both chemicals were considered by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) in its official capacity as the “state’s qualified experts” at a public meeting held on November 29, 2017.
Dec 15, 2017, Program: Proposition 65