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Notice of intent to list anthraquinone as causing cancer under the authoritative bodies mechanism.

OEHHA has provided a number of comments on DPR’s proposal for regulatory mitigation for Methyl Isothiocyanate (MITC).

OEHHA has provided a number of comments (ADDITIONAL) on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for Methyl Iodide.

OEHHA has been working with the California Water and Land Use Partnership to educate land use decision makers and their staff about the link between land use and natural resource protection.

This fact sheet on low impact development (LID) provides a solution to minimize or eliminate the impacts on the water cycle caused by paving over large areas of land, and reviews the basic principles of LID, its benefits and implementation challenges, its use in new and re-development, and provides examples of its application in urban and suburban environments.

Release of final technical document establishing ChRDs for Manganese (3.0 x 10^-2 mg/kg-day) and Pentachlorophenol (1.0 x 10^-3 mg/kg-day) to be used in school site risk assessments

Fish are nutritious and good to eat, but anglers and other fish lovers need to be aware of the presence of mercury in many kinds of fish. The advisories for Lake Berryessa (Napa County) and Putah Creek (Yolo and Solano Counties) contain “safe eating guidelines” for consumption of fish from the water bodies.

OEHHA announces the initiation of risk assessments for chemicals in drinking water in 2006 for the following chemicals: alachlor, atrazine and simazine, chlordane, 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone), fluoride, lead, and nitrate/nitrite.

Chemical listed effective June 9, 2006 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).

Staff Presentations for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting Held on May 24, 2006