Risk Assessment

Risk assessment is a scientific process of evaluating the adverse effects caused by a substance, activity, lifestyle, or natural phenomenon. OEHHA is responsible for developing and providing risk managers in state and local government agencies with toxicological and medical information relevant to decisions involving public health. State agency users of such information include all boards and departments within Cal/EPA, as well as the Department of Public Health, the Department of Food and Agriculture, the Office of Emergency Services, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Justice.

Several laws and regulations govern OEHHA's risk assessment work.

Reports, Notices, Documents

Presentations from the 2016 Children’s Environmental Health Symposium exploring "New Findings from California”.

Frequently asked questions on the environmental health study of synthetic turf

Request that NTP conduct toxicological studies to enhance our understanding of the health impacts of chemicals released from synthetic turf, with an emphasis on the crumb rubber in the fields.

The first Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting was held on Monday, February 8, 2016.

The Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel is a group of expert scientists that have been invited by OEHHA to provide scientific advice on OEHHA’s Synthetic Turf Study. The first panel meeting was held on February 8, 2016 in Sacramento and was webcast.  The public was given opportunity to submit comments at the meeting.