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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity and derivation of a cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for p‑Chloro-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene
(p-chlorobenzotrifluoride, PCBTF).
| Program: Air
Ontario Community Workshop:
Monday, October 28, 2019, 6:00-8:00 PM
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Fresno Community Workshop:
Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 5:30-7:30 PM
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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is providing notice of changes to the proposed regulatory action to amend Section 25600.2 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations. Section 25600.2 addresses the responsibility to provide consumer product exposure warnings for chemicals listed under Proposition 65.
| Program: Proposition 65
On Tuesday July 30, 2019, OEHHA hosted the Domoic Acid Webinar: Research on Effects of Repeat Low-Level Exposures and Its Implications for Human Toxicity. A recording of the webinar and transcript of the audio portion are now available.
| Program: Fish
The advisory issued today provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp, sunfish species, and Striped Bass.
| Program: Fish
Acetaminophen will be considered for possible listing by the Committee at a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, 2019. The meeting will be held in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California.
| Program: Proposition 65
On October 5, 2018, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt amendments to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25821. The amendments were intended to clarify when and how a person could average concentrations of a listed chemical in a food, and identified the use of the arithmetic mean as the default method of calculation of individual exposure.
| Program: Proposition 65
The chemicals are being added to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65. The listing of these chemicals is pursuant to the “Labor Code” listing mechanism.
| Program: Proposition 65