Tag: OEHHA
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OEHHA Releases DART IC Meeting Agenda
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a tentative agenda for the November 21, 2013, meeting of its Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DART IC). The committee, which determines whether a chemical has been shown to cause reproductive toxicity, will be reconsidering whether certain chemicals listed via the Labor Code…
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OEHHA Requests Comments on Changes to Advisory Board Member Qualifications
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has requested comments on proposed changes to the requirements pertaining to scientific experts appointed to Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) advisory committees by the governor. The proposed revisions would specify the expertise required—completion of a doctoral degree and research experience in an area of specialization, along with demonstrated…
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OEHHA Provides Tracking Table for Potential Additions to Prop. 65 List
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has published a table providing information on the status of chemicals considered for addition to the Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) list under the authoritative bodies mechanism. “The table lists the authoritative body, the document or documents providing the basis for the possible listing, the endpoint (toxic…
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OEHHA Agrees to Accelerate Chemical Review and Prop. 65 Listings
To settle litigation filed in 2007 by environmental and union interests, California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has agreed to a number of actions that would remove certain steps from the Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) chemical-listing process that would accelerate the listings. Sierra Club v. Brown, No. RG07356881 (Cal. Super. Ct., settlement…
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Court Tentatively Rejects Prop. 65 Lead Warnings for Fruit and Vegetable Products
A California court has tentatively determined, following a 10-day bench trial, that the levels of lead in canned or packaged fruit, vegetable and grape drink products, or baby foods, are below the regulatory “safe harbor” exposure level under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) and therefore that the companies which make them are not required to provide…
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OEHHA Proposes Prop. 65 Rule Changes; Two Chemicals Added to Carcinogen List
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is seeking public comments on draft changes to those Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) regulatory provisions addressing no observable effect levels for listed chemicals. According to OEHHA, “[t]hese regulations set out the procedures and criteria for determining an exposure level where there would be no observable effect,”…
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Industry Takes Aim at Draft UCSF Report on Nanomaterial Regulation in California
Concerned about regulatory coordination issues, the omission of new environmental data and an apparent failure to recognize collaborative stakeholder efforts, nanotech industry interests have reportedly urged Cal/EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and researchers with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) to revise a draft April 2010 report on nanomaterial regulation.…