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Announcement of release of final Interpretive Guideline for Hand-to-Mouth transfer of lead through exposure to consumer products. Document available for download on this page.

Notice of intent to list α-Methyl styrene to cause reproductive toxicity by the Labor Code mechanism.

OEHHA intents to list titanium dioxide (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size) as known to the state to cause cancer for the purposes of Proposition 65.

The 2011 advisory and guidelines for San Francisco Bay replace an earlier 1994 advisory, and draw on over a decade of more recent data showing San Francisco Bay fish contain mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).  They also incorporate nutrition science showing that fish provide dietary protein and essential nutrients, including Omega-3 fatty acids that promote heart health.

Benzo[a]pyrene, Deltamethrin, Methyl parathion, Uranium and Xylene for discussion at the July 12 and 13, 2011 DART IC meeting.  Hazard IDs available for review and comment.

Comment Period for the proposed Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL): Avermectin B1.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to establish a specific regulatory level having a maximum allowable dose level (MADL) for Avermectin B1.

This notice announces the beginning of the public comment period on the five chemicals listed below.  These chemicals will be discussed at the next meeting of the Proposition 65 Developme

Chemical listed effective May 20, 2011 as known to the state of California to cause cancer: Imazalil.

Public comment period on the request for relevant information on chemicals being considered for listing as reproductive toxicants by the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts.