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Oficina de Evaluación de Riesgos para la Salud Ambiental (OEHHA, por sus siglas en inglés) anuncia la disponibilidad del borrador de la nueva versión del Instrumento de Evaluación de la Salud Ambiental de las Comunidades de California: CalEnviroScreen 4.0

Summary from a December 2020 virtual workshop to provide a forum for exploring the scientific evidence for the interconnections between climate change and its impacts, and the implications for California. Discussions at the workshop will inform the 2021 edition of the report, Indicators of Climate Change in California.

This free virtual, two-day workshop highlights scientific evidence and information relating to climate change and its impacts, with a focus on recognizing and describing how the multiple aspects of climate change are interconnected.

OEHHA announces the release of its final Human Right to Water Framework and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0)—comprised of an interactive web tool and report, Achieving the Human Right to Water in California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems.

OEHHA announces the release of its final Human Right to Water Framework and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0)—comprised of an interactive web tool and report, Achieving the Human Right to Water in California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems.

Substantive changes relate to the methods for providing warnings for alcoholic beverages purchased over the internet or through mobile apps.

OEHHA will be using the GoToWebinar platform for this meeting.  If you wish to provide oral public comments at the meeting, you must register as an attendee. While we encourage advance registration and request that registered attendees join the webinar at least 5 minutes before the 10:00 am meeting start time, registration will not close until after the meeting is adjourned.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a draft document for public review, summarizing the toxicity and derivation of proposed Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) for Chromium (Trivalent) and Inorganic Water-Soluble Trivalent Chromium Compounds (Cr(III)).

Effective December 18, 2020, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding the developmental endpoint to the existing reproductive toxicity (female endpoint) listing of bisphenol A (BPA) (CAS RN. 80-05-7) on the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.  The listing now includes an additional endpoint, developmental toxicity.

Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 23 micrograms per day for the chemical p-chloro-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene (PCBTF).  The regulation will be effective on April 1, 2021.