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OEHHA is withdrawing the notice of intent to list styrene via the Labor Code mechanism
Agenda summary meeting transcript and other details from the February 25, 2013 DART IC meeting
OEHHA's 2013 report of water contaminants that exceed Public Health Goals is available.
OEHHA changes the basis for the listing of actinomycin D (CAS No. 50-76-0) as a chemical known to the state to cause cancer. Actinomycin D was originally added to the Proposition 65 list as causing cancer via the Labor Code listing mechanism; the new basis for listing is via the formally required to be labeled or identified mechanism.
Summary of comments on CalEnviroScreen from Cal/EPA's Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approaches (CIPA) Work Group meeting.
Extension of comment period to allow for the submission of scientific information for Bisphenol A.
Announcement of a public workshop on February 14, 2013, concerning OEHHA’s intent to list styrene as a chemical known to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
Effective February 8, 2013, C.I. Disperse Yellow 3 and 2,6-dimethyl-N-nitrosomorpholine (DMNM) were listed as "Known to the State of California " to cause cancer.
Intent to list the chemical Bisphenol A as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity (developmental endpoint) under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. This action is being proposed under the authoritative bodies listing mechanism.
In January 2013 OEHHA proposed to adopt a Proposition 651 Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) of 290 micrograms per day for exposures to bisphenol A (BPA).