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OEHHA announced a public workshop for the draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals for 25 chemicals in drinking water.  The chemicals are: antimony, benzo[a]pyrene, chlordane, cyanide, dalapon, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, dinoseb, endothall, ethylbenzene, trichlorofluoromethane, trichlorotrifluoroethane, uranium, alachlor, copper, diethylhexylphthalate, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, fluoride, glyphosate, lead, nitrate and nitrite (3 PHG values), oxamyl, pentachlorophenol, picloram, and xylenes.

Request for information and notice of availability of draft data summaries and draft priorities for chemicals with respect to their potential to cause cancer: acronycine, 2-aminofluorene, 2-amino-5-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole, 4-amino-2-nitrophenol, N-butyl-N-nitrosourea, bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl)ether, 2,5-dimethoxy-4’-aminostilbene, estragole, N-ethyl-N-formylhydrazine, furfural, p-chloronitrobenzene, trichloroacetic acid, 2-biphenylamine (and strong acid salts), bromoethane, chlorthal-dimethyl, cyanazine, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its salts and esters, dapsone, dimethyl hydrogen phosphite, malonaldehyde and its salts, b-thioguanine deoxyriboside, zearalenone, bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide, dicofol, di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate, patulin pentachloronitrobenzene, piperonyl sulfoxide. [Postponed: salicylazosulfapyridine, C.I. solvent yellow 14 (Sudan 1)]

Availability of final data summaries and priorities for 33 chemicals with respect to their potential to cause cancer

Notice of availability of final data summaries and priorities for chemicals with respect to their potential to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm via authoritative bodies and State's Qualified Experts mechanisms: Aldrin, 1,3-butadiene, Carbon tetrachloride, Chlordane, Ethylene dibromide, Formaldehyde, Heptachlor, Methylene chloride, 2,4,5-T butyl ester, Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride, Acrylamide, DDT, Carbamazepine, Progesterone

Notice of availability of the draft data summaries and draft priorities for chemicals with respect to their potential to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Request for information on: Chloroform, Manganese, Phenol, Progesterone, Carbamazepine, n-Hexane, Styrene, Xylenes, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, Folpet, Chromium (includes tri and hexavalent forms), Copper sulfate, Formamide, Methyl butyl ketone, Toxaphene, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Beryllium, Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, Boric acid, Sodium tetraborate, Benzo-a-pyrene, Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4 butyl ester, Endrin, Carbon dioxide (by inhalation)

Request for information regarding phenolphthalein, a chemical under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism as known to the State to cause cancer.

Draft hazard identification of the developmental and reproductive toxic effects of benzene

OEHHA announced release of its final report, Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke.  This overall assessment of ETS includes chapters on respiratory health effects, reproductive and developmental effects, cardiovascular effects, cancers, and exposure measurement and prevalence.

Request for information. Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanisms: 46 Chemicals.

Chemicals listed effective August 26, 1997 as known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity by the Authoritative Bodies or "Formally Required" mechanisms: 16 Chemicals (1-Amino-2,4-dibromoanthraquinone, 3,7-Dinitrofluoranthene, 3,9-Dinitrofluoranthene, Nitrobenzene, Estropipate, Ganciclovir sodium, Amiodarone hydrochloride, Atenolol, Ethionamide, Goserelin acetate, Leuprolide acetate, Paclitaxel, Quazepam, Trimetrexate glucuronate, C.I. Direct Blue 15, C.I. Direct Blue 218).