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On October 31, 2008 the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2008, No.

On November 20, 2008, the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee will determine if chlorpyrifos should be added to the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity.

A relevant study of the developmental toxicity of chlorpyrifos had been inadvertently omitted from the HID.  In order to allow the DARTIC to review as complete a data set as possible, OEHHA has provided the Committee with a summary of the study equivalent to the summaries provided for other studies in the HID, as well as a copy of the entire study report.

Evaluation of the available health and safety data related to two pheromone products (Checkmate OLR-F and Checkmate LBAM -F), and a summary of the symptoms reported after application in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.

October 30, 2008 second CIPA meeting

Meeting materials for the second meeting of the cumulative impacts and precautionary approaches (CIPA) workgroup.

OEHHA releases information to fish consumers to help them choose the safest fish to eat from Lake Natoma in Sacramento County and Folsom Lake in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties. The guidelines recommend how often these fish can be eaten to maximize their health benefits while minimizing the health risks from mercury contamination.

Meeting materials for the third meeting of the cumulative impacts and precautionary approaches (CIPA) workgroup.

The Scientific Review Panel for TACs discussed OEHHA's updated draft of the Technical Support Document for Cancer Potency Factors and the documentation for proposed new RELs for acetaldehyde, acrolein, arsenic, formaldehyde, manganese, and mercury.

The Public Health Goal for endrin has been updated.