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Notice of proposed rulemaking and public hearing for a regulation to establish a framework for a website operated by OEHHA that would provide information to the public about potential exposures to listed chemicals.

2015 proposal to adopt a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 146 micrograms per day for diisononyl phthalate (DINP), by amending Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b).

Services Available from OEHHA to the General Public, to Health Care Providers, and to Counties and other government agencies.

Structure of the Cholinesterase Monitoring Program

Effective December 26, 2014, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding dibenzanthracenes (as a chemical group), dibenz[a,c]anthracene, and dibenz[a,j]anthracene to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer.

Public comment period (through March 11, 2015) on the proposal to adopt a Proposition 651 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 146 micrograms per day for diisononyl phthalate (DINP), by amending Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b)

RFCI requests OEHHA to determine that exposures to DINP in vinyl flooring products do not present significant cancer risks under Proposition 65, and do not require a warning.

Notice of a public hearing on February 25, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) in vinyl flooring products.

Notice of a 2015 public hearing for comment on a request for a Safe Use Determination for Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) in vinyl flooring products.

In October 2013, to better understand workplace exposures, OEHHA developed a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model describing the relationship between airborne lead and blood levels in workers and released to the public.  An Errata sheet with a correction to Table A-2 was added to this document.