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OEHHA released its final report on the potential public health impacts of ethanol as an oxygenate in gasoline. It includes an analysis of the health risks of ethanol in gasoline, the products of incomplete combustion of ethanol in gasoline, and any resulting secondary transformation products.
| Program: Air
OEHHA announces the availability of a second draft of 12 draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals (PHGs) for chemicals in drinking water. These chemicals are: aluminum, benzene, carbofuran, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, diquat, nickel, simazine, tetrachloroethylene, thiobencarb, uranium, and vinyl chloride.
| Program: Water
Dimethylamine dicamba, a TRI chemical, was found not to meet the criteria for authoritative bodies listing as causing reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65
| Program: Proposition 65
Candidate for listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism being referred to the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee: Metribuzin.
| Program: Proposition 65
Notice of intent to list chemicals: Simvastatin. Extension of public comment period.
| Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for Thiabendazole.
| Program: Pesticides
On October 7, 1999, the OEHHA Science Advisory Board's Carcinogen Identification Committee will consider the authoritative bodies’ reviews and the carcinogenicity evidence for allyl chloride, chlorodibromomethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, p-toluidine, and zineb and make a recommendation regarding whether these chemicals should continue to be included on the Proposition 65 list.
| Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA determined a proposed Notification Level of 120 ppb (ug/L) for methyl isobutyl ketone.
| Program: Water
Chemicals listed effective December 24 and 28, 1999 as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity: Polygorskite fibers and Quizalofop-ethyl.
| Program: Proposition 65
The Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee meeting was held on December 13, 1999. The DART Identification Committee determined that quizalofop-ethyl was clearly shown to cause male reproductive toxicity.
| Program: Proposition 65