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Proposed regulation as required by Health and Safety Code section 25251.  This proposed regulation specifies hazard traits and environmental and toxicological endpoints and other relevant data that are to be included in the Toxics Information Clearinghouse to be developed by the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

The PHG for selenium is established at 30 parts per billion (ppb) for water-soluble and bioavailable selenium compounds in drinking water. The health-protective level is based on avoidance of several symptoms of chronic selenosis in humans, including increased frequency of thickened and brittle fingernails, garlic odor in the breath, hair loss, skin lesions, and disturbances of the digestive tract.

Comment period on notice of intent to list imazalil as known to the State to cause cancer under Proposition 65.

Avermectin B1 (abamectin) listed effective December 3, 2010 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies listing mechanism.

Candidates for listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism found not to meet the regulatory criteria for reproductive toxicity: Thiabendazole, thiabendazole hypophosphate salt, and imazalil.

Notice of intent to list imazalil as known to the State to cause cancer under Proposition 65.

Information on research relating to climate change and environmental justice

Information on the benefits and risks of adding fish to your diet.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations sections 25801 and 25803.

Request for information as to whether androstenedione, dibromoacetonitrile, hexachlorobutadiene, and malonaldehyde, sodium salt, meet the criteria for listing as known to the State to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.