Press Releases

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.

Public Information
Higher Temperatures Increase Hospitalization for Many Serious Ailments

Higher temperatures send more Californians to the hospital for serious ailments, with each 10-degree rise linked to an increase of more than 400 percent in hospital admissions for heat stroke, according to a 2010 state study.

Fish
Fish Advisory for Santa Clara County’s Lexington Reservoir Offers Safe Eating Advice for Rainbow Trout, Sunfish, Black Bass, and Other Species

Press Release - Information and safe eating advice for fish caught in Lexington Reservoir, located near Los Gatos.

CalEnviroScreen
CalEPA y OEHHA Lanzan Versión Interactiva en Español de CalEnviroScreen, la Primera Herramienta en Todo el País que Cuenta con una Evaluación Estatal de la Salud Ambiental

CalEPA lanzó de hoy una interfaz para la CalEnviroScreen, ofreciendo así por primera vez acceso a dicha herramienta interactiva en línea en español.

CalEnviroScreen
CalEPA and OEHHA Release Interactive Spanish Version of CalEnviroScreen, the Nation’s First Statewide Environmental Health Screening Tool

CalEPA and OEHHA released a Spanish-language interface for CalEnviroScreen, making the interactive online mapping tool available in Spanish.

Fish
Fish Advisory for Alameda County’s Shadow Cliffs Lake Offers Safe Eating Advice for Catfish, Sunfish, Black Bass, and Carp

Press Release - A state fish advisory for Shadow Cliffs Lake in Pleasanton offers safe eating advice for four species of fish.

Fish
Fish Advisories for the Feather River and Oroville Water Bodies Offer Safe Eating Advice for Variety of Species

The recommendations for each fish species are based on levels of methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish sampled from the Feather River and Oroville-area waterbodies.