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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.

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.

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.