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Request for information on chemicals to be considered by the OEHHA Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee: p-Chloronitrobenzene, Estragole, Trichloroacetic acid, bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl)esther, 2-aminofluroene, and 4-amino-2-nitrophenol.

OEHHA solicited external scientific peer review and public comments on a draft technical support document on the proposed Public Health Goal (PHG) for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in drinking water.

Illness Indicators in Lompoc, California: An Evaluation of Available Data - June 1998

OEHHA has made available a draft of the proposed Public Health Goal for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in drining water.

Request for information on benzo(a)pyrene, technical grade DDT and zearalenone: Chemicals to be considered by OEHHA's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee

Announcement: Carbamazepine will not be considered by OEHHA's DART Identification Committee.

Extension of public comment period.  Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the authoritative bodies mechanisms: 15 Chemicals.

Chemicals listed effective May 15, 1998 as known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies or the "Formally Required" mechanisms: 27 Chemicals.

A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 4 ppt is developed for benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) in drinking water.

A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 12 ppb is developed for diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in drinking water.

A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 2 ppb is developed for lead in drinking water based on the neurobehavioral effects of lead in children and the hypertensive effects of lead in adults.