Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”)
Synonyms
- 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...
June 5, 2015
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has appealed a California court decision to refuse the reversal of the designation of the phthalate DINP as a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, according to ChemicalWatch. The ACC contends that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that DINP causes cancer in humans.
Under Proposition 65 law, companies...
American Chemistry Council, Cancer, DINP, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Phthalates, Proposition 65
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
January 9, 2015
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has ruled to allow California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to designate Bisphenol A (BPA) as a chemical known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm under Proposition 65, Prop65 Clearinghouse reported. The decision is likely to be appealed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC)....
American Chemistry Council, Birth Defects, Bisphenol A, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Other Reproductive Harm, Proposition 65
March 12, 2014
California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2014-2015 budget will allocate $765,000 to the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). The money will allow OEHHA to revise the Proposition 65 warning regulations and develop a new website.
Proposition 65, or The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement...
Jerry Brown, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
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
May 29, 2013
Assembly Bill 227, an amendment to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly known as Proposition 65), was passed by the California Assembly last Friday and is now headed for the California Senate. If the bill passes the Senate and Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown signs it, it will become law. The bill was...
14-Day Cure, AB 227, California Legislature, Gatto, Gatto Bill, Governor, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposed Amendment, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
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