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Effective February 3, 2012, OEHHA is adding kresoxim-methyl (CAS No. 143390-89-0) to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer
Deltamethrin and Xylene will be considered for listing as reproductive/developmental toxicants by the DART IC. Hazard identification material available for review and comment.
Intent to List: Benzophenone, coconut oil diethanolamine condensate (cocamide diethanolamine), diethanolamine and 2-methylimidazole as known to the State to cause cancer.
Comment period on the notice of intent to list: Benzophenone, coconut oil diethanolamine condensate (cocamide diethanolamine), diethanolamine and 2-methylimidazole as known to the state to cause cancer.
On December 21, 2011, the Office of Administrative Law approved the adoption of Title 27, California Code of Regulations.
The State of California passed two new laws to begin implementation of a green chemistry program.
Notice of a change to a proposed No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for chlorothalonil from 27 ug/day to 41 ug/day.
Comment Period - Notice of Modification of Proposed Regulation Title 27, California Code of Regulations, Amendment to Section 25705 - Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk: Chlorothalonil
Speaker’s topics included children’s exposure to chemicals, how the environment changes the development of the brain and nervous system in children, and childhood leukemia.
OEHHA held its Children's Environmental Health Symposium on Emerging Research and Implications for Risk Assessment and Policy.