Press Releases

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

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

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

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.

Recommendations for safely eating fish from Ventura County's Lake Piru were developed by OEHHA for three fish species based on levels of mercury measured in fish sampled from Lake Piru.

OEHHA has adopted an updated public health goal (PHG) of 1 part per billion (ppb) for perchlorate in drinking water.  This PHG updates the 2004 perchlorate value of 6 ppb.  Perchlorate is known to block the thyroid’s ability to take in and process iodide, which is a nutrient essential to brain development, growth, heart function, and other systems.

The study is the first to consider the effects on people of long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and analyzed data from more than 100,000 middle-aged women whose health status was followed from 2000 through 2007.

Recommendations for the safe consumption of several fish species based on levels of methylmercury, the type of mercury that can be toxic to humans. Depending on the exposure level, methylmercury can harm the brain and nervous system of people, especially in fetuses and children as they grow.

The tool uses data on 12 types of pollution and environmental factors and seven population characteristics and socioeconomic factors to create scores for each of the state’s 8,000 census tracts.

The draft guidance manual summarizes three Technical Support Documents focused on non-cancer risk, cancer risk, and exposure assessment.