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June 11, 1998 Workshop on the Authoritative Bodies mechanism for listing chemicals under Proposition 65.
| Program: Proposition 65
Illness Indicators in Lompoc, California: An Evaluation of Available Data - June 1998
| Program: Pesticides
OEHHA has made available a draft of the proposed Public Health Goal for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in drining water.
| Program: Water
Request for information on benzo(a)pyrene, technical grade DDT and zearalenone: Chemicals to be considered by OEHHA's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee
Announcement: Carbamazepine will not be considered by OEHHA's DART Identification Committee.
| Program: Proposition 65
Extension of public comment period. Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the authoritative bodies mechanisms: 15 Chemicals.
| Program: Proposition 65
Chemicals listed effective May 15, 1998 as known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies or the "Formally Required" mechanisms: 27 Chemicals.
| Program: Proposition 65
A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 4 ppt is developed for benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) in drinking water.
| Program: Water
A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 12 ppb is developed for diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in drinking water.
| Program: Water
A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 2 ppb is developed for lead in drinking water based on the neurobehavioral effects of lead in children and the hypertensive effects of lead in adults.
| Program: Water
A Public Health Goal (PHG) of 50 ppb is developed for S-methyl N’N’-dimethyl-N-[(methyl-carbamoyl) oxy]-1-thiooxamimidate (oxamyl) in drinking water.
| Program: Water