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11/22/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 11/22/2024 11:16
Prop 65 Roundup - November 2024
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Controversial Prop 65 Warning Labels About Toxic Chemicals are Effective, Study Says
LA Times
For nearly 40 years, a controversial California law has required companies to place warning labels on their products alerting consumers to the potential health threats posed by chemicals, or else face lawsuits from lawyers, private citizens, and advocacy groups.
Water Treatment Technology Aims to Destroy PFAS On-Site
NIEHS
Per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as "forever chemicals," have become an urgent public health issue because of their persistence in the environment and adverse health effects. With National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funding, a woman-owned environmental remediation company called Enspired Solutions is trying to come up with a way to get rid of these ubiquitous chemicals for good.
OEHHA Notices
Health-based Recommendations to Address Potential Cancer Risks to Occupational Bystanders From the Use of 1,3-D
Under the authority of California Food and Agricultural Code Section 12980 and 12981, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has prepared health-based recommendations for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to address potential cancer risks to occupational bystanders from the use of the fumigant 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D). OEHHA has submitted a memo as well as an attachment that includes the preliminary analyses and further assumptions underlying the risk calculations. OEHHA also submitted a supplemental document that supports the memorandum. OEHHA requested external scientific peer review of the scientific basis of the memo and its associated documents, per the requirements of California Health and Safety Code section 57004.