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OEHHA announces a public comment period and workshop for the draft Public Health Goal for selenium in drinking water.

OEHHA is adding bromochloroacetic acid, cumene and diclofop-methyl to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer. The listing of bromochloroacetic acid, cumene and diclofop-methyl is effective April 6, 2010.

1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) (CAS No. 72-55-9) and nitrobenzene (CAS No. 98-95-3) listed as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity effective March 30, 2010 via the Authoritative Bodies listing mechanism.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for implementation of Proposition 65 (The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Health and Safety Co

This workshop explores indicators of human health hazards for carcinogenicity, developmental toxicity and endocrine disruption. The agenda, speaker slides, and speaker biographies from the March 15-16, 2010 Human Health Hazard Indicators Workshop are attached.

The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65 or the Act), which is codified as Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq., requires the Governor to publish, and upd

The public comment period for the draft Public Health Goal for styrene was extended by 60 days, until May 15, 2010.

Opening of comment period for the PHG for styrene in drinking water.

Higher temperatures send more Californians to the hospital for serious ailments, with each 10-degree rise linked to an increase of more than 400 percent in hospital admissions for heat stroke, according to a 2010 state study.

Notice of intent to list acrylamide as a reproductive toxicant under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 via the authoritative bodies listing mechanism.