Lindane Public Health Goal Update
Update of the Lindane Public Health Goal
Under the Calderon-Sher California Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) develops public health goals (PHGs) for regulated chemicals in drinking water and reviews and updates the risk assessments every five years (Health and Safety Code Section 116365(e)(1). This memorandum represents an update of the literature review and evaluation for the existing PHG for lindane (OEHHA, 1999). No information specific to children or other sensitive populations was observed in the literature review. Our re-evaluation supports the previous PHG derivation in 1999, and no new data would justify a significant change to the document.
- Lindane and other hexachlorocyclohexane isomers