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Proposition 65 Notices
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to adopt a Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level for titanium dioxide (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size) by amending Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(c)(2).
OEHHA may send letters to interested parties that assist in understanding Proposition 65 statutes and regulations, and their application.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of changes to the proposed regulatory action to amend, Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, Sections 25601, 25602, 25603, and 25607.2 and adopt new Sections 25607.50, 25607.51, 25607.52, and 25607.53. The public comment period begins June 13, 2024, and ends June 28, 2024.
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, section 25607.2. OEHHA is proposing a new safe harbor warning for significant exposures to acrylamide in food. This would be in addition to the applicable safe harbor warnings that already apply to such exposures under existing law. The warning content and methods provided in the safe harbor regulations are deemed “clear and reasonable” by OEHHA for purposes of the Act.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment convened a meeting of the CIC on February 27th, 2024. The meeting opened with a session on enzyme polymorphisms and susceptibility to carcinogenicity, including presentations from invited speakers and discussions with the Committee. The presentations and discussion will help inform future cancer hazard identification work at OEHHA. The Committee also discussed OEHHA’s proposal to streamline several sections of cancer hazard identification documents.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) decided to withdraw the proposed rulemaking intended to update the No Significant Risk Level for Ethylene Oxide.
Effective December 29, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added bisphenol S (BPS) to the Proposition 65 list as a reproductive toxicant (female reproductive endpoint).
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is proposing amendments to its conflict of interest code contained in the Title 2, Section 54700 of California Code of Regulations. OEHHA is taking this action is pursuant to the authority vested in it by section 87306 of the Government Code. A comment period has been established commencing on January 12, 2024, and closing on February 26, 2024.
Effective November 17, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding coal-tar pitch, fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole, and silicon carbide whiskers to the list of chemicals known to the State of California.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice of a modification to the proposed Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for Antimony Trioxide.
Safe harbor levels, which include No Significant Risk Levels (NSRLs) for cancer-causing chemicals and Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for chemicals causing reproductive toxicity.
OEHHA has developed a priority list for the development of NSRLs
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list anthracene (CAS RN 120-12-7), 2‑bromopropane (CAS RN 75-26-3 [corrected as of June 27, 2023]), and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite (CAS RN 868-85-9) as known to the state to cause cancer.
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected vinyl acetate for the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC)’s review for possible listing under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
A meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) was held virtually on June 13, 2023. A recording of the full meeting is available online.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has concluded the December 14 meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC), in which the CIC has made a decision on Bisphenol A. A recording of the full meeting and transcript is available online.
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment intends to list antimony (trivalent compounds) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
Effective April 21, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adding 1,1,1-trichloroethane and leucomalachite green to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of the Notice, preliminary agenda and materials for the 2022 meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (CAS RN 109-70-6), 1-butyl glycidyl ether (CAS RN 2426-08-6), and glycidyl methacrylate (CAS RN 106-91-2) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.