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Meeting materials for the eighth meeting of the cumulative impacts and precautionary approaches (CIPA) workgroup.
Proposal to amend Title 27, Cal. Code of Regulations, section 25903, Appendix A, to update and clarify the Proposition 65 summary that must be included as an attachment to all Notices of Violation that are served upon alleged violators of Proposition 65.
Effective July 24, 2012, OEHHA is adding two chemicals, isopyrazam (CAS No. 881685-58-1) and 3,3’,4,4’‑tetrachloroazobenzene (CAS No. 14047-09-7), to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer.
OEHHA proposal to establish a Proposition 65 Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for sulfur dioxide (SO2) of 220 micrograms per day
Availability of the Interpretive Guideline No. 2012-02, Consumption of Sulfur Dioxide in Dried Fruits
OEHHA is adding benzophenone (CAS No. 119-61-9), coconut oil diethanolamine condensate (cocamide diethanolamine) (CAS No. 68603-42-9), diethanolamine (CAS No. 111-42-2), and 2-methylimidazole (CAS No. 693-98-1) to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
OEHHA released a second draft of Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines: Technical Support Document for Exposure Assessment and Stochastic Analysis for review by the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants.
OEHHA adopts 14 micrograms per day for oral exposure and 50 micrograms per day for inhalation exposure as the No Significant Risk Levels for trichloroethylene.
Methanol poisoning happens when people are exposed to more methanol than their bodies can handle. You should never drink pure methanol. Drinking a few teaspoons of undiluted methanol can lead to blindness and can even be fatal. Learn more about methanol from this fact sheet.
Interpretive Guideline No. 2012-03, Chlorothalonil in Tomato Products