The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is hosting a series of webinars as part of its efforts to track and report on climate change and its impacts on California. This webinar is the third in the series and will be co-convened with CDPH.

Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory for Crowley Lake, located approximately 25 miles northwest of the city of Bishop in Mono County. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for Golden Shiner, Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout and Sacramento Perch.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, section 25607.2. OEHHA is proposing a new safe harbor warning for significant exposures to acrylamide in food. This would be in addition to the applicable safe harbor warnings that already apply to such exposures under existing law. The warning content and methods provided in the safe harbor regulations are deemed “clear and reasonable” by OEHHA for purposes of the Act.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment adopted public health goals for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water, providing important guidance to the State Water Resources Control Board to inform future drinking water standards.

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.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment convened a meeting of the CIC on February 27th, 2024. The meeting opened with a session on enzyme polymorphisms and susceptibility to carcinogenicity, including presentations from invited speakers and discussions with the Committee. The presentations and discussion will help inform future cancer hazard identification work at OEHHA. The Committee also discussed OEHHA’s proposal to streamline several sections of cancer hazard identification documents.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is announcing the availability of a draft document for public review summarizing the carcinogenicity data and deriving a cancer inhalation unit risk factor for isoprene, as part of the Air Toxics Hot Spots program.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) decided to withdraw the proposed rulemaking intended to update the No Significant Risk Level for Ethylene Oxide.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is hosting a series of webinars as part of its efforts to track and report on climate change and its impacts on California. This webinar is the first in the series and will be co-convened with CAL FIRE.

Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a fish consumption advisory for Lake Morena, located approximately 36 miles east of the city of San Diego in San Diego County. The advisory provides safe-eating advice for black bass species, Common Carp and crappie species.