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Advisory for eating fish from Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County.

Graphical summaries of the Exploring Climate Change Connections Workshop presentations created by Adi Leigh Brown.

Information on CalEnviroScreen 4.0, with links to press releases, map of the overall CalEnviroScreen 4.0 scores and additional data.

Oficina de Evaluación de Riesgos para la Salud Ambiental (OEHHA, por sus siglas en inglés) anuncia la disponibilidad del borrador de la nueva versión del Instrumento de Evaluación de la Salud Ambiental de las Comunidades de California: CalEnviroScreen 4.0

 State environmental officials released a draft update to California’s groundbreaking environmental justice tool, CalEnviroScreen, for public review and comment. The new draft version 4.0 updates the tool’s 20 existing pollution and vulnerability indicators with the latest data and improved methodology and adds a new indicator on children’s exposure to lead from housing. The new version also includes several other improvements to existing indicators that better capture pollution sources affecting Californians

Summary from a December 2020 virtual workshop to provide a forum for exploring the scientific evidence for the interconnections between climate change and its impacts, and the implications for California. Discussions at the workshop will inform the 2021 edition of the report, Indicators of Climate Change in California.

This free virtual, two-day workshop highlights scientific evidence and information relating to climate change and its impacts, with a focus on recognizing and describing how the multiple aspects of climate change are interconnected.

OEHHA announces the release of its final Human Right to Water Framework and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0)—comprised of an interactive web tool and report, Achieving the Human Right to Water in California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems.

OEHHA announces the release of its final Human Right to Water Framework and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0)—comprised of an interactive web tool and report, Achieving the Human Right to Water in California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems.

Substantive changes relate to the methods for providing warnings for alcoholic beverages purchased over the internet or through mobile apps.