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A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 150 ppb is developed for cyanide in drinking water.

| Program: Water

Request for information.  Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: 15 Chemicals

| Program: Proposition 65

Results of the second round pilot random selection of the chemicals eligible for prioritization for consideration of carcinogenicity evaluation.

| Program: Proposition 65

An Action Level of 3 parts per billion (ppb) is developed for 1,4-dioxane in drinking water.

| Program: Water

Prioritizing chemicals for consideration as carcinogens under Proposition 65 by the "State's Qualified Experts": Second round pilot random selection.

| Program: Proposition 65

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (1997) Report on the Implementation of Governor Wilson’s Executive Order W-137-96 to Improve the Science and Consistency of Risk Assessment in California

| Program: Risk Assessment

Public Health Goals for 27 chemicals have been finalized, and the technical support documents for each chemical is now available.

| Program: Water

Request for public input on the agenda for Authoritative Bodies Workshop.

| Program: Proposition 65

OEHHA announces a public comment period for 19 draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals (PHGs) for the following chemicals: atrazine; bentazon; cadmium; chromium; 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP); 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1-dichloroethylene; 1,2-dichloropropane; 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone); endrin; heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide; g -hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane); hexachlorocyclopentadiene; inorganic mercury; methoxychlor; thallium; 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; trichloroethylene; and toluene.

| Program: Water

This table summarizes the Public Health Goals for chemical contaminants in drinking water.

| Program: Water