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Request for Information on Chemicals to be Considered by OEHHA's Science Advisory Board's, Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity (DART) Committee: 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester, 2,4-D 2-ethyl-4-methylpentyl ester, fenbutatin oxide, propachlor, quizalofop-ethyl, sodium nitrite, and triphenyltin hydroxide
Hazard identification executive summary for 1-Chloro-4-nitrobenzene.
Request for information. Methazole is under consideration for possible listing as known to cause reproductive toxicity via the authoritative bodies mechanism.
Executive summary for the hazard identification for estragole.
Executive summary for the hazard identification of trichloroacetic acid.
Availability of the cancer hazard identification documents for bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) ether, 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene, estragole, and trichloroacetic acid.
Candidate for Listing Via the Authoritative Bodies Mechanism Found Not to Meet the Scientific Criteria for Listing: Sulprofos
OEHHA developed a cancer unit risk factor for the Toxic Air Contaminant, methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). OEHHA released a draft document of their analysis, and announced the public comment period.
Information has been received that OEHHA is reviewing as it prepares a draft hazard identification document for each statin drug. Interested parties or members of the public wishing to provide information relevant to the assessment of carcinogenicity for this chemical should forward such information
The following chemicals are undergoing evaluation for Public Health Goal development in 1999: aluminum, benzene, carbofuran, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane (DCM), diquat, nickel, perchlorate, simazine, tetrachoroethylene (PCE), thiobencarb, uranium and vinyl chloride.