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A workshop series on “California’s Toxics Information Clearinghouse:  Scientific Approaches to Implementation” will be held in March and May of 2010.  The series is being co-sponsored by

Chemical listed effective December 11, 2009 as known to the state of California to cause reproductive toxicity: Molinate.

Background information and general overview, with links to fact sheets and traffic exposure news.

Several studies have shown links between exposure to air pollution or traffic and low birth weight, premature birth and birth defects. Researchers examining health-care data on nearly 5,000 pregnant women in California found that African-Americans were about three times more likely to miscarry if they lived within a half-block of a freeway or busy boulevard than if they resided near lighter traffic.

Request for public comment on the draft chRD for paraquat

OEHHA has submitted findings on the active ingredient Chloropicrin.

Comment period on notice of intent to list carbaryl and spirodiclofen as known to the State to cause cancer via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.

Notice of intent to list carbaryl and spirodiclofen as known to the State to cause cancer via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.

Public comments on the draft Public Health Goal for hexavalent chromium in drinking water have been received and are available.

Proposal to allow 60-day notices of violation to be sent to certain state and local prosecutors via electronic mail, if the prosecutor has consented to such service.