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Availability for public review of a hazard identification document to support the reconsideration of chemicals listed under Proposition 65 as known to cause reproductive toxicity.

Chemicals listed effective September 13, 2013 as known to the State to cause cancer: Chloral, chloral hydrate, 1,1,1.2-tetrachloroethane, and trichloroacetic acid.

CalEPA and OEHHA announce the availability of an update to the California Communities Environmental Health Screeing Tool: CalEnviroScreen 1.1.

Notice of Intent to List: Methyl Isobutyl Ketone via the authoritative bodies mechanism as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity (developmental endpoint).

Notice of Intent to List: Methyl Isobutyl Ketone via the authoritative bodies mechanism as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity (developmental endpoint).

OEHHA has provided a number of comments on DPR’s proposal for regulatory mitigation for Chloropicrin.

Adoption of the Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for oral exposure for the chemicals hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts.

The following list of cases related to the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (commonly known as Proposition 65), is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered

Advisory based on DDTs, dieldrin, or mercury.

State sport fish advisory for San Luis Obispo County’s Oso Flaco Lake. Oso Flaco Lake is part of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, a California State Park. More than 50 fish from the lake were collected and analyzed for the presence of contaminants. The pesticides the fish were tested for—chlordanes, DDTs, and dieldrin—are legacy chemicals that have been prohibited for many years due to their high toxicity and persistence in the environment.