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December 10th, 2007 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee

Avoid eating fish caught from the San Francisco Bay oil spill area while the State is evaluating its safety and follow safety guidelines in returning to reopened Bay Area beaches, say State public health officials who are testing fish for chemical contamination.

Agenda for the November 19, 2007 Carcinogen Identification Committee meeting.

OEHHA adopted a unit risk value and an inhalation cancer potency value for ethylbenzene, for estimating cancer risk associated with inhalation exposures.

OEHHA released a draft of the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Technical Support Document For the Derivation of Noncancer Reference Exposure Levels, intended to replace two prior technical support documents from 1999-2000, for public comment, and held workshops to provide additional information.

As part of an ongoing project to clarify and update these regulatory provisions, OEHHA has established a limited-term position for a regulatory attorney. OEHHA is seeking input from stakeholders in the enforcement and business communities, as well as other members of the public concerning the direction this effort should take.

Extension of public comment period on eight chemicals submitted to the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee for consultation.

Request for public participation on updates that could be taken to clarify existing regulatory provisions, add new provisions dealing with emerging issues, or delete provisions that may no longer be necessary.

The Public Health Goal for water soluble polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was finalized and made available.

Release of final technical document establishing ChRDs for Atrazine (6.0 x 10^-3 mg/kg-day) and Deltamethrin (1.0 x 10^-4mg/kg-day) to be used in School Site Risk Assessments