Press Releases

CalEnviroScreen
CalEPA and OEHHA Finalize Major Update to Environmental Health Screening Tool: CalEnviroScreen 3.0 to help guide investment in disadvantaged communities across the state

State environmental officials today released an updated version of
California’s groundbreaking environmental health screening tool, CalEnviroScreen 3.0.

Fish
Fish Advisory for San Bernardino County’s Lake Gregory Offers Safe Eating Advice for Bullhead, Carp, and Other Species

The recommendations for each fish species are based on levels of mercury measured in fish from Lake Gregory in San Bernardino County.

Fish
New Statewide Advisory Provides First Safe Eating Advice for Fish from Coastal Waters Between Oregon and Mexico

This fish advisory provides safe eating advice for three dozen species of fish across hundreds of miles of the California coast from the Oregon border to Mexico.

Fish
Fish Advisory for the Alamo River and the New River Offers Safe Eating Advice for Channel Catfish, Carp, and Tilapia

State fish advisory offers safe eating advice for carp, Channel Catfish, and Tilapia from the Alamo River and the New River in Imperial County.

Fish
Interim Health Advisory for Lake Evans in Riverside: Avoid Consuming Catfish

The interim advice is based on a preliminary review of data that indicates catfish in the lake contain an elevated level of PCBs.

Public Information
CalEPA and OEHHA Announce Workshops and Webinars to Gather Input on Draft Update to CalEnviroScreen

Public input key for update to the first-in-the-nation statewide environmental health screening tool

Public Information
Busiest U.S. Border Crossing Gets Community Air Monitoring Network

Network of low-cost sensors will study cross-border air pollution impacts.

Fish
Fish Advisory for Monterey County’s Elkhorn Slough Offers Safe Eating Advice for Asian Clam, Bat Ray, and Other Species

Safe eating advice for five species of fish from Elkhorn Slough in Monterey County.

Risk Assessment
Implementation of RAAC to Focus on Harmonization

News Release
C-43-96

Released: December 13, 1996

Contact: Dan Pellissier, Communications Director
(916) 324-9670

Fish
Fish Advisory for Placer County’s French Meadows and Hell Hole Reservoirs Offers Safe Eating Advice for Brown Trout, Crayfish, and Other Species

The recommendations developed by OEHHA for each fish species are based on the levels of mercury measured in fish from the French Meadows and Hell Hole Reservoirs in Placer County.