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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) continually monitors the scientific literature, publications of research organizations, governmental entities and academia, and other information sources to support the preparation of a periodic report presenting indicators of climate change in California.
| Program: Climate Change
An updated List of Art and Craft Materials that Cannot be Purchased for Use in Kindergarten through 6th Grade. This list is intended to assist schools in complying with state law which prohibits schools from purchasing art or craft materials containing a toxic substance for use by students in these grades.
| Program: Risk Assessment
OEHHA has released the Monitoring Prioritization Process report which describes how water bodies are identified and prioritized for additional monitoring to support fish advisory development.
| Program: Fish
A meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) was held virtually on June 13, 2023. A recording of the full meeting is available online.
| Program: Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has concluded the December 14 meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC), in which the CIC has made a decision on Bisphenol A. A recording of the full meeting and transcript is available online.
| Program: Proposition 65
Help with many of the accessible features of the OEHHA website.
| Program: Public Information
Please join OEHHA and the Children’s Environmental Health Center for a virtual symposium series exploring the effects of heat on children and during pregnancy. This highly interactive four-session symposium will cover physiologic considerations for children and pregnancy, strategies to combat health effects in children and during pregnancy, and important considerations for these populations in the development of heat health warning systems.
| Program: Risk Assessment
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment intends to list antimony (trivalent compounds) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
| Program: Proposition 65
Vea el nuevo StoryMap en español que conmemora los 10 años de la primera versión pública de CalEnviroScreen. El StoryMap muestra cómo se desarrolló CalEnviroScreen, se ha mejorado con el paso de tiempo, ha sido utilizado para promover la justicia ambiental y cómo se ha convertido en un modelo nacional.
| Program: CalEnviroScreen
Fish advisory for Gwen Moore Lake in Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles County.
| Program: Fish