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Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding specific regulatory levels posing no significant risk: bromodichloroacetic acid.

This notice extends the comment period to February 14, 2018.

OEHHA publishes the Guidelines for Physicians - a booklet that describes the state program of ChE monitoring for agricultural pesticide mixers/loaders/applicators who regularly handle toxicity Category I and II OP or CB pesticides.

Chlorpyrifos and n-Hexane will be added to the Proposition 65 list.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement

Both chemicals were considered by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) in its official capacity as the “state’s qualified experts” at a public meeting held on November 29, 2017.

OEHHA has submitted findings on the active ingredient Chlorpyrifos.

A new state fish advisory issued today provides safe eating advice for Common Carp, black bass species, and sunfish species from Lake Temescal in Oakland (Alameda County).

The committee considered coumarin for listing as known to the state to cause cancer.