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OEHHA announced the release of the draft document, “Report to the Air Quality Advisory Committee on the Review of the California Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter and Sulfates." OEHHA also announced released of a draft proposal to establish a 24-hr PM2.5 ambient air quality standard. Finally, OEHHA announced release of final recommendations to amend the state ambient air quality standards for particulate matter and sulfates.
| Program: Air
OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the TAC documents for Methyl Isothiocyanate.
| Program: Pesticides
Chemical listed effective November 16, 2001 as known to the state of California to cause cancer: Methyleugenol.
| Program: Proposition 65
Request for information on Diuron to be considered by OEHHA's Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee
| Program: Proposition 65
Announcement of the December 17, 2001 meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee with tentative agenda.
| Program: Proposition 65
December 18, 2001 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC)
| Program: Proposition 65
OEHHA withdraws the Public Health Goal for total chromium.
| Program: Water
Results of the third round pilot random selection of the chemicals eligible for prioritization for consideration of carcinogenicity evaluation.
| Program: Proposition 65
Announcement of the withdrawal of the 2.5 ppb PHG for chromium, in order to develop a PHG specifically for chromium 6, or hexavalent chromium. The new PHG will replace the withdrawn "total chromium" PHG, which consists of both chromium 6 and chromium 3, a less toxic form of the metal.
| Program: Water
Public Workshop. Solicitation of input on the first set of proposed clarifying regulations.
| Program: Proposition 65