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Chemicals Listed Effective June 11, 2004 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer: 3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine-based dyes metabolized to 3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine, 3,3'-dimethylbenzidine-based dyes metabolized to 3,3'-dimethylbenzidine, ethylbenzene, propylene glycol mono-t-butyl ether, and thiouracil

OEHHA announces a public comment period and workshop for draft Public Health Goals for cis/trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1,1,2-trichloroethane.

Notice of proposed rulemaking. Amendment to Title 22, Section 12901, Methods of Detection, under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Chemicals under consideration for possible listing as known to cause reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies mechanisms: Request for relevant information on five chemicals.

Comment period on five chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism as known to cause reproductive toxicity.

Availability of the draft prioritization process document for public review and comment.

Request for comments on proposed listing of Aristolochic acids and herbal remedies containing plant species of the genus Aristolochia as known to cause cancer

This draft advisory updates and replaces a 1987 state fish advisory for Clear Lake, and expands the advisory to include Bear Creek and Cache Creek. The draft advisory recommends that no one should eat any fish or shellfish from Bear Creek, and limits fish consumption in other areas.

OEHHA accepted public comments on a draft fish advisory concerning elevated levels of mercury in fish in Tomales Bay in Marin County.

Information about relative source contribution (RSC) and its derivation (presented as a poster at the 43rd annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Baltimore, Maryland, March 21-25, 2004.