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Comment period on the notice of intent to list: Benzophenone, coconut oil diethanolamine condensate (cocamide diethanolamine), diethanolamine and 2-methylimidazole as known to the state to cause cancer.
| Program: Proposition 65
The State of California passed two new laws to begin implementation of a green chemistry program.
| Program: Risk Assessment
On December 21, 2011, the Office of Administrative Law approved the adoption of Title 27, California Code of Regulations.
| Program: Proposition 65
Notice of a change to a proposed No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for chlorothalonil from 27 ug/day to 41 ug/day.
| Program: Proposition 65
Speaker’s topics included children’s exposure to chemicals, how the environment changes the development of the brain and nervous system in children, and childhood leukemia.
| Program: Risk Assessment
Comment Period - Notice of Modification of Proposed Regulation Title 27, California Code of Regulations, Amendment to Section 25705 - Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk: Chlorothalonil
| Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA held its Children's Environmental Health Symposium on Emerging Research and Implications for Risk Assessment and Policy.
| Program: Risk Assessment
CalEPA named OEHHA the lead entity to coordinate and manage the Children's Environmental Health Program, with activities to include conducting symposia and periodically preparing reports on children's health and environmental chemical issues, as well as
supervising and training environmental medicine and pediatric residents to address environmental chemical issues.
| Program: Air
OEHHA has been designated as the lead entity within CalEPA to coordinate and manage Children's Environmental Health. Memo from Matthew Rodriquez to George Alexeeff.
| Program: Risk Assessment
OEHHA extended the comment period for the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Technical Support Document For Exposure Assessment and Stochastic Analysis.
| Program: Air