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OEHHA proposes amendments to Section 27000 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations to update this regulation and incorporate 2016 amendments to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act.
| Program: Proposition 65
Training videos on the CalEnviroScreen 3.0. Available with English and Spanish closed captions.
| Program: CalEnviroScreen
Instructional videos related to the use of fish advisories and the benefits and risks of eating fish.
| Program: Fish
Glyphosate is listed under Proposition 65 effective July 7, 2017 as known to the state to cause cancer via the Labor Code mechanism.
| Program: Proposition 65
Comment Period on the Notice of Intent to List N,N-Dimethylformamide, 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole, and Tetrabromobisphenol A
| Program: Proposition 65
The Center for Environmental Health is requesting that OEHHA “commence the regulatory process to issue regulations pursuant to Health & Safety Code §110552 setting a ‘naturally occurring’ lead level in candy containing chili and tamarind.” A hearing has been scheduled for July 6, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters building at 1001 I Street in Sacramento. The hearing agenda has been posted to our website.
| Program: Risk Assessment
Recommendations based on the levels of selenium measured in fish from Wiest Lake, which is located approximately six miles northeast of Brawley.
| Program: Public Information
Hearing July 6, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters building at 1001 I Street in Sacramento
| Program: Risk Assessment
Derivation of the public health concentrations (PHC) in water for metolachlor and its environmental degradates metolachlor ethanesulfonic acid (MESA) and metolachlor oxanilic acid (MOXA). The PHCs derived are 1300 parts per billion (ppb) for MESA, 3200 ppb for MOXA, and 7 ppb for metolachlor.
| Program: Pesticides