OEHHA
October 18, 2017
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has given notice of its intent to list vinylidene chloride as a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65. It's also proposing to adopt a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for vinylidene chloride of .88 micrograms a day. Written comments concerning this proposed...
May 13, 2015
Bisphenol A (BPA) has been declared a female reproductive toxicant and added to a list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or reproductive harm, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced earlier this week.
Under Proposition 65, companies offering products for sale that contain such...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Bisphenol A, BPA, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65
February 4, 2014
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has designated trichloroethylene (TCE) as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity, effective January 31, 2014. Beginning January 31, 2015, companies selling products that contain TCE will have to provide a health hazard warning stating that their...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, TCE, trichloroethylene
December 20, 2013
Effective today, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) designated the common plasticizer Diisononyl Phthalate as known to cause cancer.
When OEHHA, the state agency responsible for implementing Proposition 65, designates a chemical as known to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm—thus adding the chemical to the State...
Cancer, DINP, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
September 23, 2013
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) as a chemical known to the State of California to cause reproductive toxicity under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).
MIBK must be listed under Proposition 65 as a...
July 26, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 130 chemicals to its Safer Chemical Ingredients List, many of which are fragrances for commercial and consumer cleaning products.
The Safer Chemical Ingredients List was created in September 2012 as a resource for: manufacturers interested in making safer products; advocates seeking to encourage the manufacture...
EPA, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, Safer Chemical Ingredients List
July 9, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has officially designated hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and cyanide salts (CN salts) as chemicals known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm, effective July 5, 2013. Beginning July 5, 2014, Companies selling or distributing products that contain HCN or CN salts in the State of...
July 29, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added emissions from the combustion of coal to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, effective August 7, 2013.
This designation is based on formal identification by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is an authoritative body under OEHHA...
Center for Environmental Health, Chemical List, Coal, OEHHA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65
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