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Correction to the list of chemicals as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity: Urofollitropin.
Request for information on phenol, a chemical to be considered by OEHHA's Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee.
Notice of Amendments to Text of Regulations, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Preamble to Division 2, Chapter 3, Article 1 and Sections 12102 - 12302, 12304 - 12504, 12601, 12701, 12705, 12709, 12711, 12721 - 14000
A draft report containing the proposed advisory and OEHHA's evaluation of potential health threats posed by mercury in certain fish from five reservoirs and portions of the Bear and South Yuba rivers and Deer Creek (Nevada, Placer and Yuba counties).
This Notice of Modifications includes revisions of the proposed regulations amending the circumstances under which a safe use determination will not be issued and also addresses the limits of the reference to Evidence Code Section 1040 as it relates to "Official Information" for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).
OEHHA announced a public workshop/comment period on the draft report, "Evaluation of Potential Health Effects of Eating Fish from Selected Water Bodies in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills (Nevada, Placer, and Yuba Counties): Guidelines for Sport Fish Consumption."
Effective January 17, 2003 , sodium saccharin is delisted from the list of chemicals as known to cause cancer. Bromacil lithium salt is listed effective January 17, 2003 as known to the state of California to cause reproductive toxicity.
OEHHA released for public comment its Proposed Revised Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEF WHO-97) for PCDDs, PCDFs, and Dioxin-Like PCBs, and held a workshop in support of that effort.
OEHHA accepted comments on the draft document, Proposal for the Adoption of the Revised Toxicity Equivalency Factor (TEFWHO-97) Scheme, for characterizing adverse health impacts from chlorinated dioxin-like compounds.
Public comment period on Draft Guidance document for risk assessment at school sites