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Each year the Children’s Environmental Health Program sponsors a symposium on key emerging issues relevant to state scientists and policy makers in the field of children’s environmental health.
Mar 30, 2023, Program: Risk Assessment
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Mar 27, 2023, Program: Water
Updated fish advisories issued today for Castaic Lake and Castaic Lagoon in Los Angeles County add safe-eating advice for several species.Updated fish advisories issued today for Castaic Lake and Castaic Lagoon in Los Angeles County add safe-eating advice for several species.
Feb 15, 2023, Program: Fish
A new Fact sheet on pregnancy and heat is now available.
Feb 6, 2023, Program: Climate Change
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of the Notice, preliminary agenda and materials for the 2022 meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.
Feb 3, 2023, Program: Proposition 65
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (CAS RN 109-70-6), 1-butyl glycidyl ether (CAS RN 2426-08-6), and glycidyl methacrylate (CAS RN 106-91-2) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
Jan 27, 2023, Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency has adopted and published Public Health Goals (PHGs) for the five regulated haloacetic acids (HAAs) found in drinking water as a result of disinfection methods: monochloroacetic acid (MCA), dichloroacetic acid (DCA), trichloroacetic acid (TCA), monobromoacetic acid (MBA), and dibromoacetic acid (DBA).
Dec 30, 2022, Program: Water
Questions and answers about the insecticide Acelepryn G® (chlorantraniliprole) used for Japanese beetle control
Dec 30, 2022, Program: Pesticides