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Public workshop, solicitation of input on proposed clarifying regulations. OEHHA intends to propose a series of regulatory amendments during the next several years and will begin with minor changes of a less complex nature and progress to more significant regulatory amendments.
| Program: Proposition 65
Availability of the draft hazard identification documents for cyclohexanol, 2,4-DP (dichloroprop), and metribuzin.
| Program: Proposition 65
Availability of the draft hazard identification documents for allyl isovalerate and N-carboxymethyl-n-nitrosourea, chemicals to be considered by the Carcinogen Identification Committee for possible addition to the Proposition 65 list
| Program: Proposition 65
The final technical support document for the Public Health Goal for simazine is available.
| Program: Water
Dioxin, lead, particulate matter emissions from diesel-fueled engines, polycyclic organic matter and acrolein were identified as toxic air contaminants that may cause children and infants to be especially susceptible to illness.
| Program: Air
Public forum on the proposed reformatting of the list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause reproductive toxicity.
| Program: Proposition 65
A scientific panel of experts convened by the University of California has submitted to OEHHA a review of health issues relating to the presence of chromium 6 in drinking water. The committee's report presented information on a key German study used by OEHHA in 1998 to develop a PHG of 2.5 ppb for total chromium.
| Program: Water
The finalized technical support document for the Public Health Goal for tetrachloroethylene is available.
| Program: Water
OEHHA announces the availability of the technical support documents for the Public Health Goals for nickel and uranium.
| Program: Water
An update on the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's (OEHHA) Proposition 65 activities since 1999
| Program: Proposition 65