Health Effects of Hexavalent Chromium
Date: Nov 21, 2016 Fact Sheets
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Air
Health Effects of Hexavalent Chromium
Date: Nov 21, 2016
Efectos del Cromo Hexavalente Sobre la Salud
Date: Nov 21, 2016
Frequently Asked Questions About the Aliso Canyon Gas Leak and its Impact on the Porter Ranch Community
Date: Jan 15, 2016
Air Pollution and Children's Health - Information for Childcare Providers
Date: May 31, 2006
Air Pollution from Nearby Traffic and Children's Health: Information for Parents
Date: May 31, 2006
Air Pollution from Nearby Traffic and Children’s Health: Information for Childcare Providers
Date: May 31, 2006
A 2004 Fact sheet about Air Pollution from Nearby Traffic and Children’s Health: Information for Schools
Date: Oct 7, 2004
Air Pollution and Children's Health - A Fact Sheet by OEHHA and the American Lung Association
Date: Nov 26, 2003
Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust - Fact Sheet
Date: May 21, 2001 CalEnviroScreen
CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Factsheet
Date: Apr 17, 2017 Ecotoxicology
Oregon’s Experience with Dry Wells: The Underground Injection Control Program
Date: May 2, 2016
Information on Dry Wells: Uses, Regulations, and Guidelines - A Fact Sheet
Date: Sep 25, 2014
Microcystis Fact Sheet
Date: Feb 1, 2009
Hydromodification: Principles, Problems, and Solutions - Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 26, 2008
Fact Sheet - Impervious Surface Coefficients: A tool for Environmental Analysis and Management
Date: Jul 22, 2008
Low Impact Development (LID): A Sensible Approach to Land Development and Stormwater Management - Fact Sheet
Date: Jul 11, 2006
The Effect of Urbanization on the Water Cycle
Date: Jul 11, 2006 Fish
andersonlakefact080817.pdf
Date: Aug 8, 2017
lakechabotfact080217.pdf
Date: Aug 2, 2017
lafayettefact080117.pdf
Date: Aug 1, 2017
lakemercedfact072017.pdf
Date: Jul 20, 2017
New Bullards Bar Reservoir Fish Advisory Fact Sheet
Date: Jul 6, 2017
Fact Sheet - Wiest Lake Fish Advisory
Date: Jun 13, 2017
jenkinsonfact040517.pdf
Date: Apr 5, 2017
lakesanantoniofact040517.pdf
Date: Apr 5, 2017
lakeevansfact031017.pdf
Date: Mar 15, 2017
shastafact022717.pdf
Date: Feb 27, 2017
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Date: Feb 27, 2017
newhoganfactsheet012017.pdf
Date: Jan 20, 2017
castaiclakelagfact012017.pdf
Date: Jan 20, 2017
lkgregoryfactsheet120816.pdf
Date: Dec 15, 2016
californiacoastalfactsheet110916.pdf
Date: Nov 9, 2016
californiacoastalfactsheetspanish110916.pdf
Date: Nov 9, 2016
Fact Sheet - New River Fish Advisory
Date: Nov 2, 2016
Fact Sheet - New River Fish Advisory in Spanish (en Español)
Date: Nov 2, 2016
Fact Sheet - Elkhorn Slough Fish Advisory
Date: Aug 3, 2016
Information About Eating Fish from French Meadows and Hell Hole Reservoirs
Date: May 18, 2016
Fact Sheet – Lexington Reservoir Fish Advisory
Date: Apr 29, 2016
Fact Sheet - Shadow Cliffs Lake Fish Advisory
Date: Mar 29, 2016
Oil Spills and Seafood Fact Sheet
Date: Mar 11, 2015
Fact Sheet - Camanche Reservoir Fish Advisory
Date: Nov 13, 2014
Fact Sheet - New Melones Reservoir Fish Advisory
Date: Nov 13, 2014
Fact Sheet - 2014 Lower Feather River Fish Advisory
Date: Sep 24, 2014
Fact Sheet - Upper Feather River Fish Advisory
Date: Sep 24, 2014
Fact sheet - Thermalito Forebay and Afterbay Fish Advisory
Date: Sep 24, 2014
Information about eating fish from Cache Creek
Date: Jul 9, 2014
Information About Eating Fish and Shellfish From Clear Lake
Date: May 15, 2014
Little Rock Reservoir Fact Sheet
Date: Mar 25, 2014
Información sobre Comer Pescado del Reservorio Little Rock
Date: Mar 25, 2014
小石巖水庫魚類食用資訊 Chinese Language Fact Sheet for Little Rock Reservoir
Date: Mar 25, 2014
THÔNG TIN VỀ VIỆC ĂN CÁ TỪ HỒ CHỨA Little Rock (Vietnamese Language Fact Sheet)
Date: Mar 25, 2014
Non-technical Fact Sheet - Mercury in Fish: Information for People Who Eat Fish
Date: Mar 12, 2014
PCBs in fish caught in California: Information for people who eat fish
Date: Jan 29, 2014
Información acerca de la Guía Estatal para el Consumo de Pescado de los Lagos y Represas de California
Date: Nov 14, 2013
Información sobre el Consumo de Pescados de la Bahía de San Diego
Date: Nov 8, 2013
Fact Sheet Information About Eating Fish from Mission Bay
Date: Oct 22, 2013
Information About Eating Fish from San Diego Bay
Date: Oct 22, 2013
Información sobre el Consumo de Pescados de Mission Bay
Date: Oct 1, 2013
Fact sheet for Silverwood Lake
Date: Aug 10, 2013
Informe Sanitario
Date: Aug 9, 2013
Información sobre la Guía para Comer Pescado de “Silverwood Lake”
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Fact Sheet: Statewide Advisory Information for Eating Fish from California
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Lake Oroville Fact Sheet
Date: Jul 16, 2013
Mercury in Fish: Information for People Who Eat Fish
Date: Jul 1, 2013
Fact Sheet About Eating Fish From California that Migrate
Date: Feb 15, 2012
Fact Sheet: Information About Eating Fish From the Central and South Delta
Date: Feb 15, 2012
Fact Sheet for Fish from the Lower Cosumnes and Lower Mokelumne Rivers
Date: Feb 1, 2012
Guide to fish you buy that are lower in mercury and higher in omega-3 fatty acids
Date: Jun 27, 2011
Frequently asked questions about San Francisco Bay fish and shellfish
Date: May 23, 2011
Non-technical Fact Sheet for Eating Fish and Shellfish from San Francisco Bay
Date: May 23, 2011
Fact Sheet About Eating Fish from Donner Lake
Date: Jan 27, 2011
Frequently Asked Questions About Fishing at Donner Lake
Date: Jan 27, 2011
DDTs in Sport Fish: Information for Fish Consumers
Date: Dec 22, 2010
Dieldrin in Sport Fish: Information for Consumers
Date: Dec 22, 2010
Fact sheet - Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Magic Johnson Lakes
Date: Jul 7, 2010
Fact Sheet for Fish from Coastal Areas of Southern California: Ventura Harbor to San Mateo Point
Date: Jun 18, 2009
Fact Sheet for San Pablo Reservoir
Date: Feb 26, 2009
Mercury in Fish in Lake Natoma and Lower American River - 2008 Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 16, 2008
Information About Eating Fish from the Sacramento River and Northern Delta
Date: Apr 11, 2008
San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Health Questions and Answers
Date: Mar 13, 2008
Fact Sheet - 2006 Advisory for Eating Fish From Lake Berryessa and Putah Creek
Date: Jun 1, 2006
Mercurio, dondé está?
Date: Jan 1, 2006
2005 Fact Sheet: Information About Eating Fish From Trinity County
Date: Oct 6, 2005
Trinity River Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 1, 2005
Mercury in Fish in Lake Natoma and Lower American River - 2004 Fact Sheet
Date: Sep 2, 2004 Pesticides
Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled) Lure Chinese
Date: Aug 21, 2017
Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled) Lure Spanish
Date: Aug 21, 2017
Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled) Lure Vietnamese
Date: Aug 21, 2017
Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled) Lure
Date: Aug 21, 2017
Health Questions and Answers for GF-120 NF Naturalyte® (Spinosad)
Date: Dec 6, 2016
Preguntas y Respuestas de Salud Sobre GF-120 NF Naturalyte® (Spinosad)
Date: Dec 6, 2016
Health Question and Answers for Dipel (Btk)
Date: Aug 26, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Acelepryn in Vietnamese
Date: Aug 24, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Acelepryn® (chlorantraniliprole)
Date: Aug 24, 2016
Health Questions & Answers for CoreTect® Insecticidal Products
Date: Aug 24, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Acelepryn in Simplified Chinese
Date: Aug 24, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Acelepryn in Spanish
Date: Aug 24, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled)
Date: Aug 12, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Merit® (Imidacloprid)
Date: Aug 1, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Sevin in Spanish
Date: Mar 30, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Sevin SL in Vietnamese
Date: Mar 30, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Sevin® SL
Date: Mar 15, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Merit in Simplified Chinese
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Health Question Answer for Merit in Vietnamese
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Preguntas es Respuestas para de Salud Sobre los Productos Insecticidas Merit
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Tempo in Spanish
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Tempo® in Simplified Chinese
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Tempo Insecticidal Products in Vietnamese
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Tempo® SC Ultra (Cyfluthrin)
Date: Mar 1, 2016
Health Questions and Answers for Entrust® (Spinosad)
Date: Jan 29, 2015
Health Questions and Answers for Methyl Eugenol in Insect Bait Traps
Date: Jan 1, 2015
Health Questions and Answers for Isomate® EGVM (Pheromone)
Date: Jan 1, 2015 Proposition 65
Frequently asked questions on New Reporting Requirements for Businesses Using the Point-of-Sale Safe Harbor Warning for BPA Exposures from Canned and Bottled Foods
Date: Dec 8, 2016
Formaldehyde Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 14, 2016
Formaldehyde in Furniture Products - Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 14, 2016
Mercury and Mercury Compounds - Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 11, 2016
Mercury in Dental Amalgam Fillings - Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 11, 2016
Bisphenol A (BPA) - Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 11, 2016
Bisphenol A (BPA) in Canned and Bottled Foods and Beverages - Fact Sheet
Date: Apr 11, 2016
Fact Sheet: Safe use Determination (SUD) Process for Proposition 65
Date: Mar 11, 2016
Fact Sheet: Proposition 65 FAQs
Date: Mar 6, 2014
Fact Sheet: Information for Tenants on Proposition 65
Date: Feb 1, 2014
Cadmium and Proposition 65 - A Fact Sheet
Date: Jan 16, 2014
Methanol - A Fact Sheet
Date: Jun 12, 2012
Fact Sheet: A Comparison of the Proposition 65 Warning Requirement and the Designated Government Employee Disclosure Requirement
Date: Feb 1, 2010 Risk Assessment
Blue-Green Algae: A Veterinarian Reference
Date: May 16, 2017
spanishturffactsheetaug2016.pdf
Date: Nov 18, 2016
Fact Sheet: Environmental Health Study of Synthetic Turf
Date: Aug 30, 2016
Fact Sheet: Environmental Health Study on Synthetic Turf
Date: Oct 20, 2015
Art Smarts! Quick Tips for Safe Use of Art and Craft Materials
Date: Oct 1, 2014
EPIC Fact Sheet
Date: Jun 1, 2005
Ammonia Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Lithium Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Sodium Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Iodine Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Red Phosphorus Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Phosphine Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Sodium Hydroxide Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Hydrogen Chloride Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Methamphetamine Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 11, 2003
Coleman Fuel Fact Sheet
Date: Oct 1, 2003 Water
Fact Sheet for Public Health Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water
Date: Feb 1, 2015
Fact Sheet - Final Public Health Goal for Chromium
Date: Jul 27, 2011
Fact Sheet: Public Health Goal for Arsenic
Date: Apr 23, 2004 View Fact Sheets
Air
Nov 21, 2016: Health Effects of Hexavalent Chromium
Facts about hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium 6 (Cr6), the toxic form of the metal chromium.
Nov 21, 2016: Health Effects of Hexavalent Chromium (Spanish)
Efectos del Cromo Hexavalente Sobre la Salud
Questions and answers about the SoCalGas leak at the Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Field near the Porter Ranch Community.
Spending a lot of time near roadways with high traffic can be a potential health hazard. This 2006 fact sheet is to help childcare providers understand the issues related to traffic pollution and children’s health.
OEHHA prepared this fact sheet to help school personnel understand the issues related to traffic near schools and children's health.
A 2004 Fact sheet about Air Pollution from Nearby Traffic and Children's Health: Information for Parents
A fact sheet describing impacts of air pollution on children's health.
May 21, 2001: Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust
A fact sheet was prepared by OEHHA and the American Lung Association (ALAC) regarding health hazards associated with diesel exhaust.
OEHHA released a fact sheet prepared for the public, detailing health risks from asbestos exposure.
OEHHA released the findings of the Scientific Review Panel on the identification of inorganic lead as a Toxic Air Contaminant. Included here are FAQs about inorganic lead exposure.
CalEnviroScreen
Feb 26, 2016: CalEnviroScreen FAQs
Questions and answers about CalEnviroScreen, a screening tool that evaluates the burden of pollution from multiple sources in communities while accounting for potential vulnerability to the adverse effects of pollution.
Feb 26, 2016: Preguntas Frecuentes
Vea preguntas frecuentes sobre CalEnviroScreen.
Ecotoxicology
A fact sheet describing Oregon's dry well program. Oregon's program is the most well developed in the country.
OEHHA has been working with the California Water and Land Use Partnership to educate land use decision makers and their staff about the link between land use and natural resource protection.
This fact sheet on low impact development (LID) provides a solution to minimize or eliminate the impacts on the water cycle caused by paving over large areas of land, and reviews the basic principles of LID, its benefits and implementation challenges, its use in new and re-development, and provides examples of its application in urban and suburban environments.
Fish
Questions and answers on the fish advisory for French Meadows and Hell Hole Reservoirs. The lakes are located in Placer County, northeast of Auburn and Foresthill.
Apr 19, 2016: Information About Eating Fish From Lexington Reservoir
The advisory for Lexington Reservoir is based on findings of mercury in fish. The lake is located in Santa Clara County, between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz.
Mar 11, 2015: Oil Spills and Seafood Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet describing OEHHA activities involving oil spills and seafood
Mar 12, 2014: Mercury in Fish - Information for People Who Eat Fish
What are the health risks and benefits of eating fish that may have been exposed to mercury?
Questions and answers about eating fish from Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County.
Pesticides
Aug 21, 2017: Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled) Lure
Questions and answers about the insecticide Dibrom® (Naled) Lure in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese
Questions and answers about the biological insecticide GF-120 NF Naturalyte® (Spinosad) in English, Spanish and Armenian
Aug 26, 2016: Health Question and Answers for Dipel (Btk)
Questions and answers about the biological insecticide Dipel (Btk)
Health questions & answers about CoreTect® insecticidal products
Aug 24, 2016: Health Questions and Answers for Acelepryn®
Health questions and answers about the insecticidal product acelepryn (chlorantraniliprole) in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Aug 12, 2016: Health Questions and Answers for Dibrom® (Naled) Bait
Questions and answers about the insecticide Dibrom® (Naled)
Mar 30, 2016: Health Questions and Answers for Sevin® SL
Questions and answers about the insecticide Sevin® SL in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Questions and answers about the insecticide Merit® (Imidacloprid). English, Simplified Chinese and Spanish language versions available.
Questions and answers about the insecticide Tempo® SC Ultra (Cyfluthrin). English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Simplified Chinese versions available.
Questions and answers about the biological insecticide Isomate® EGVM (Pheromone)
Questions and answers about the insecticide Methyl Eugenol in Insect Bait Traps
Jan 29, 2015: Health Questions and Answers for Entrust® (Spinosad)
Questions and answers about the biological insecticide Entrust® (Spinosad)
Proposition 65
Questions and Answers about the searchable database for consumers to use to determine whether a product they intend to purchase or use is packaged in a can or with a bottle cap or seal in which BPA was intentionally used.
Feb 1, 2014: Proposition 65 Fact Sheet for Tenants
Information to tenants whose apartment managers and owners have posted or distributed Proposition 65 warnings
Feb 1, 2014: Proposition 65 FAQs
Frequently asked questions about California's Proposition 65.
Jan 16, 2014: Cadmium Fact Sheet
Cadmium is a bluish-white metal that occurs widely at low levels in the environment, and may be recycled from used nickel-cadmium batteries. Cadmium appears on the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer and reproductive harm.
Jan 4, 2014: Acrylamide: Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about the carcinogen acrylamide.
Jun 12, 2012: Methanol - A Fact Sheet
Methanol poisoning happens when people are exposed to more methanol than their bodies can handle. You should never drink pure methanol. Drinking a few teaspoons of undiluted methanol can lead to blindness and can even be fatal. Learn more about methanol from this fact sheet.
Feb 23, 2012: 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI) A Fact Sheet
4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI) was listed under Proposition 65 list because the National Toxicology Program found 4MEI caused lung tumors in laboratory animals.
Public Information
Jan 1, 2016: OEHHA Program Descriptions
The mission of the individual sections within OEHHA
Mar 13, 2008: San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Health Questions and Answers
On November 7, 2007, the Cosco Busan container ship struck one of the towers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, causing a release of an estimated 58,000 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay. This fact sheet provides answers to the many public health questions.
Risk Assessment
May 16, 2017: Blue-Green Algae: A Veterinarian Reference
Blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) are non-pathogenic photosynthetic bacteria that grow in outdoor water bodies and produce toxins such as microcystins, cylindrospermopsin and anatoxin-a. This fact sheet is meant to help veterinarians with diagnosis and treatment options.
Estudio de salud ambiental sobre el césped sintético
Frequently asked questions on the environmental health study of synthetic turf
Safe methods of fire ash cleanup and the hazards associated with exposure.
Jun 17, 2015: EPIC Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet: Environmental Protection Indicators for California
Water
The updated PHG for perchlorate is one part-per-billion (1 ppb) based on the inhibition of iodide uptake into the thyroid gland and the consequent disruption of thyroid hormone production.
Frequenty Asked Questions about Public Health Goals, and a link to download a copy of this guide.
The PHG for hexavalent chromium is established at 0.02 parts per billion (ppb). The health-protective level is based on avoidance of potential carcinogenic effects.