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OEHHA adds acrylamide (CAS No. 79-06-1) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity

Approved amendment to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b)(1), that adopt 8.2 micrograms per day as the No Significant Risk Level for 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) for purposes of Proposition 65.

Beginning of public review and comment period on OEHHA's interpretive guideline on how to estimate lead intake from the handling of consumer products in the context of Proposition 65.

Release of  the draft Interpretive Guideline No. 2011-001: Hand-to-mouth transfer of lead through exposure to consumer products.

S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate (Tribufos, DEF) was added to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer.

Extension of comment period for the proposal to establish a specific regulatory level posing no significant risk for 4-methylimidazole by amending Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705.

2011 public comment period on the Carcinogenic Hazards of: Clomiphene and its salts, 2,6-Dimethyl-N-nitrosomorpholine, Haloperidol, Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP)

The Public Health Goal for trichlorotrifluoroethane (Freon 113) has been updated.

Announcement of chemicals selected in 2011 by OEHHA for consideration for listing by the Carcinogen Identification Committee and request for relevant information on the carcinogenic hazards of these chemicals: clomiphene and its salts, 2,6-dimethyl-N-nitrosomorpholine, haloperidol, tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP).

OEHHA adopted revised toxicity equivalency factors for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and for dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to conform to the most recent values (TEF WHO-05).