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OEHHA is considering amending Title 27, CCR Section 25821(c), Level of Exposure to Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity to clarify that the reasonably anticipated rate of intake or exposure to a listed chemical must be calculated as the arithmetic mean of daily intake or exposure for product users.

Preregulatory workshop to discuss possible amendments to existing regulations in Section 25821(a) concerning the calculation of the concentration of listed chemicals in foods.

Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2015.

Notice of intent to list topiramate as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the “Formally Required to Be Labeled or Identified” listing mechanism. 

Three public workshops and an interactive webinar held to receive public comments on OEHHA's synthetic turf study.  An informational poster and agendas for the workshops are available.

Workshop to discuss the scientific basis of the proposed PHG updates outlined in the Draft Technical Support Document for the Public Health Goals for Carbofuran, Diquat, Endrin, Picloram, and Thiobencarb, and to receive comments.

OEHHA is referring nitrapyrin and diaminotoluene (mixed) to the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC), the state’s qualified experts for carcinogenicity determinations under Proposition 653, for review for possible delisting at a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

Extension of public comment period concerning the pre-regulatory workshop for potential new regulation: naturally occurring background levels for certain chemicals found in unprocessed foods

Extension of comment period for the adoption of maximum allowable dose levels (MADLs) of 100 micrograms per day for oral exposure to atrazine, propazine, simazine, 2,3-diamino-6- chloro-s-triazine (DACT)*, des-ethyl atrazine (DEA), and des-isopropyl atrazine (DIA).

Modification to the proposed rulemaking for the lead agency website.