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Extension of public comment period. Notice of intent to list chemicals: Anthraquinone.

Notice of intent to list anthraquinone as causing cancer under the authoritative bodies mechanism.

This 2006 pamphlet summarizes some of the findings from a comprehensive review of hundreds of studies of secondhand smoke by the California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

OEHHA has provided a number of comments on DPR’s proposal for regulatory mitigation for Methyl Isothiocyanate (MITC).

OEHHA has provided a number of comments (ADDITIONAL) on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for Methyl Iodide.

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.

Release of final technical document establishing ChRDs for Manganese (3.0 x 10^-2 mg/kg-day) and Pentachlorophenol (1.0 x 10^-3 mg/kg-day) to be used in school site risk assessments

Fish are nutritious and good to eat, but anglers and other fish lovers need to be aware of the presence of mercury in many kinds of fish. The advisories for Lake Berryessa (Napa County) and Putah Creek (Yolo and Solano Counties) contain “safe eating guidelines” for consumption of fish from the water bodies.

Chemical listed effective June 9, 2006 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).

Staff Presentations for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Meeting Held on May 24, 2006