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OEHHA Issues Prop. 65 Fact Sheet on Styrene
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released a new fact sheet on styrene—a carcinogen listed under Proposition 65 in 2016.
Sportfishing Group Touts Prop. 65 Opt-In Settlement Over Fishing Lures
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) has negotiated a settlement of potential Proposition 65 claims against manufacturers or sellers of certain plastic fishing lures.
EPA Initiates Prioritization Process for Forty Chemicals
U.S. EPA has identified forty chemicals that it has tentatively identified as either "high priority" or "low priority" pursuant to TSCA. The agency will now screen the designated chemicals and first make a formal designation proposal followed by a final status determination by the end of this year.
OEHHA Sets Draft Cancer Risk Guidelines for Cobalt
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released draft guidelines for calculating the cancer risk posed by inhaling cobalt and cobalt compounds.
OEHHA Proposes Updated Public Health Goal for Pesticide DBCP
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a proposed update to its drinking water public health goal for 1-2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP).
Bill Would Prohibit Numerous Chemicals in Cosmetics
Legislation that would ban the use of more than a dozen carcinogens, reproductive toxicants and endocrine disrupting chemicals is cosmetics in California has been introduced by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance).
OEHHA Finalizes Prop. 65 Warning Language for Residential Rental Properties
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has finalized language that can be used by landlords to give Proposition 65 warnings to their tenants. The new regulation containing the language will become effective on July 1, 2019.
OEHHA Begins Consideration of Applying Prop. 65 to Acetaminophen and Cannabis Products
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a data call-in for acetaminophen and cannabis and cannabis products.
OEHHA Finalizes N-Hexane MADLs
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has finalized two safe harbor levels for the Proposition 65-listed chemical n-hexane.
OEHHA Proposes Level for Naturally Occurring Lead in Candy Containing Chili or Tamarind
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEEHHA) is proposing a new regulation that will establish 0.02 parts-per-million (ppm) as the "naturally occurring level of lead" in candies flavored with chili or tamarind.
EPA Finalizes Rule Banning Methylene Chloride Paint Strippers
U.S. EPA has finalized a rule that will ban the use of methylene chloride in paint strippers in consumer products, but will continue to look at banning the chemical in commercially-used strippers. Meanwhile, California continues to advance its own rule that could ultimately ban all uses of the strippers.
Delays in Review of PMN Notices Are Once Again Plaguing EPA's Section 5 Program
The Beveridge and Diamond law firm has issued an alert to clients and other interested parties regarding the onset of recent delays in EPA's processing of Premanufacture notices (PMNs) and related requests under the program for dealing with new chemicals pursuant to Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
OEHHA Amends Proposal to Exempt Coffee From Proposition 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has modified its proposed regulation that would exempt the purveyors of brewed coffee from potential Proposition 65 liability for failure to warn of acrylamide and other Prop. 65 chemicals found in their products.
Second Jury Verdict Against Monsanto Over Roundup Awards $81 Million
A federal District Court jury in San Francisco has awarded a user of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide a total of $81 million in damages after finding that the product caused the plaintiff's cancer.
OEHHA Proposes Prop. 65 Safe Harbor Language for Rental Vehicle Companies
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed creating specified Proposition 65 safe harbor warning language for vehicle rental companies.
State Water Board Kickstarts Statewide Testing for PFAS in Drinking Water
As regulatory scrutiny of the public health risks posed by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) grows nationwide, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWB) has announced a plan to immediately start testing water sources around the state for the presence of PFAS.
OEHHA Plans to Make Safe Use Determinations for BPA and Crystalline Silica
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has accepted requests to determine whether certain products containing crystalline silica and bisphenol-A (BPA) require a warning under Proposition 65.
OEHHA Lists Cancer Drug Bevacizumab Under Prop. 65
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) officially listed the cancer drug bevacizumab as a reproductive toxicant under Proposition 65 on March 8, 2019.
