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Response to the petition of Bayer Corporation for clarification of the Proposition 65 listing of “Mercury and Mercury Compounds” as chemicals known to cause reproductive toxicity.
| Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD and EAD for S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate (DEF, tribufos).
| Program: Pesticides
OEHHA released a draft document describing development of a unit risk factor for estimating cancer risk associated with inhalation of naphthalene.
| Program: Air
OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for the Active Ingredient Methamidophos.
| Program: Pesticides
Three scientific peer reviews on the draft Public Health Goal for perchlorate are available.
| Program: Water
Safe use determination for crystalline silica in flat latex paint.
| Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for Hydramethylnon.
| Program: Pesticides
OEHHA has issued two fish advisories concerning elevated levels of mercury in certain fish from five reservoirs and portions of the Bear and South Yuba rivers and Deer Creek in the Northern Sierra Nevada foothills, and from Black Butte, Stony Gorge and East Park reservoirs. The advisories contain guidelines for consumption of bass, channel catfish, trout and other fish species.
| Program: Fish
A fact sheet describing impacts of air pollution on children's health.
| Program: Air
Extension of the comment period for vanadium pentoxide for possible listing under Proposition 65.
| Program: Proposition 65