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The Carcinogen Identification Committee meets Wednesday, November 4, 2015, in the Coastal Hearing Room of the California Environmental Protection Agency headquarters building located at 1001 I Street, Sacramento beginning at 10:00 am and continuing until all business is conducted or 5:00 pm

Public Workshop in Berkeley for the Study of Chemical Exposures and Potential Health Impacts Associated with the Use of Synthetic Turf.

OEHHA's comments on the risk characteriztion, exposure assessment methodology, and conclusions of this draft.

Public Workshop for the Study of Chemical Exposures and Potential Health Impacts Associated with the Use of Synthetic Turf.

Intent to list “pentachlorophenol and by-products of its synthesis (complex mixture)” as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Request for comments as to whether pentachlorophenol and by‑products of its synthesis (complex mixture) meets the criteria set forth in the Proposition 65 regulations for authoritative bodies listings

OEHHA is considering amending Title 27, CCR Section 25821(c), Level of Exposure to Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity to clarify that the reasonably anticipated rate of intake or exposure to a listed chemical must be calculated as the arithmetic mean of daily intake or exposure for product users.

Preregulatory workshop to discuss possible amendments to existing regulations in Section 25821(a) concerning the calculation of the concentration of listed chemicals in foods.

Notice of intent to list topiramate as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the “Formally Required to Be Labeled or Identified” listing mechanism. 

Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2015.