Latest News

Background information and general overview, with links to fact sheets and traffic exposure news.

Several studies have shown links between exposure to air pollution or traffic and low birth weight, premature birth and birth defects. Researchers examining health-care data on nearly 5,000 pregnant women in California found that African-Americans were about three times more likely to miscarry if they lived within a half-block of a freeway or busy boulevard than if they resided near lighter traffic.

Request for public comment on the draft chRD for paraquat

OEHHA has submitted findings on the active ingredient Chloropicrin.

Notice of intent to list carbaryl and spirodiclofen as known to the State to cause cancer via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.

Public comments on the draft Public Health Goal for hexavalent chromium in drinking water have been received and are available.

Comment period on notice of intent to list carbaryl and spirodiclofen as known to the State to cause cancer via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.

Proposal to allow 60-day notices of violation to be sent to certain state and local prosecutors via electronic mail, if the prosecutor has consented to such service.

Draft technical support document for a proposed Public Health Goal (PHG) for benzo(a)pyrene in drinking water. This is an update of the risk assessment for benzo(a)pyrene published in 1997.

Request for relevant information on chemicals being considered for listing by the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Clodinafop-Propargyl, Diclofop-Methyl, and Epoxiconazole