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Public hearing on the proposal to establish a specific regulatory level posing no significant risk for 4-methylimidazole by amending Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705.

Comment period for notice of intent to list chemicals by the labor code mechanism: Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, ethanol in alcoholic beverages, leather dust, salted fish, chinese-style.

Notice of intent to list chemicals by the Labor Code mechanism: Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, ethanol in alcoholic beverages, leather dust, salted fish, Chinese-style.
 

Notice of intent to list the chemicals androstenedione, dibromoacetonitrile, hexachlorobutadiene, and malonaldehyde, sodium salt, as known to the State to cause cancer via the authoritative bodies listing mechanism.

Public comments on the second draft Public Health Goal for hexavalent chromium are available.

OEHHA received the following comments after OEHHA provided notice on December 17, 2010 of the proposed rulemaking - Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Sections 69401 Through 69406 - Green Chemistry Toxics Information Clearinghouse Identification of Hazard Traits, Endpoints and Other Relevant Data for Inclusion in the Toxics Information Clearinghouse.

The hazard identification document entitled: “Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Sulfur Dioxide" is available for public comment.  The DART IC meeting is scheduled for May 12 and 13, 2011.

OEHHA adds acrylamide (CAS No. 79-06-1) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity

Approved amendment to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b)(1), that adopt 8.2 micrograms per day as the No Significant Risk Level for 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) for purposes of Proposition 65.

Beginning of public review and comment period on OEHHA's interpretive guideline on how to estimate lead intake from the handling of consumer products in the context of Proposition 65.