Tag: OEHHA
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OEHHA Extends Comment Period on Hazard ID Materials Related to BPA Listing Under Prop. 65
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has extended the deadline for public comments on hazard identification materials on BPA and female reproductive toxicity from April 6 to April 20, 2015, in response to a request from the American Chemistry Council. OEHHA has also announced that the May 7 meeting of…
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Cal/EPA Launches New Effort to List Styrene Under Prop. 65
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced its intent to list styrene as a chemical known to the state to cause cancer under the authoritative bodies listing mechanism of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). Styrene is used in the manufacture of…
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Consumer Reports Study Assesses Alleged 4-MEI Cancer Risk
A joint study by Consumer Reports and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future claims that 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) exposures “associated with average rates of soft drink consumption pose excess cancer risks exceeding one case per 1,000,0000 exposed individuals, which is a common acceptable risk goal used by U.S. federal regulatory agencies.” Tyler Smith, et al.,…
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OEHHA Announces Meeting to Discuss BPA Listing Under Prop. 65
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced a May 7, 2015, meeting of its Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) to consider the addition of bisphenol A (BPA) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity. Citing the availability of new epidemiological…
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BPA to Rejoin Harmful Chemicals List in California
A California state court has lifted an injunction that barred bisphenol A (BPA) from placement on the list of reproductive toxicants mandated under Proposition 65, the 1986 law requiring warnings to the public about exposure to chemicals “known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.” Am. Chemistry Council v. Office of Envtl. Health Hazard…
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OEHHA Launches Interactive Biomonitoring Results Database
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), responsible for implementing the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, has launched an interactive database that provides information about the results of biomonitoring testing on various groups, including teachers, children and mothers of Salinas, and firefighters. The database allows searching by project…
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OEHHA Updates Table of Hazard ID Documents
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued an updated table of available hazard identification documents or materials for chemicals considered or reconsidered for listing by the state’s qualified experts—that is, the Carcinogen Identification Committee and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee—from 1996 to April 2014. The table contains links to materials…
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Financial Disclosure Requirements for OEHHA Committee Experts Finalized
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has reported that the Office of Administrative Law approved regulatory amendments that “clarify the qualifications for appointment to the Carcinogen Identification Committee and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee, and remove redundant language regarding required financial disclosures.” These committees review chemicals for potential listing as known…