OEHHA
05/24/13 - On June 17, immediately after the workshop on the Labor Code mechanism [see OEHHA Releases Draft Regulation Covering Labor Code Listing Mechanism, May 24, 2013], OEHHA staff will hold a second workshop to discuss changes in its regulation outlining the requirements for members of the Proposition 65 two Science Advisory Panels; the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) and the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC). ...
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OEHHA
05/24/13 - The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has released a draft regulation intended to describe the circumstances under which the agency will list a chemical under Proposition 65 using the so-called Labor Code listing mechanism. OEHHA has scheduled a workshop on June 17 to discuss the proposal. ...
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Legislative
05/23/13 - A number of small coffee companies who sell roasted and brewed product in California have recently been hit with a lawsuit that alleges those businesses are in violation of the consumer protection statute Proposition 65....
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Chemicals of Interest
05/21/13 - A trio of scientists from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) trooped up to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Boston in February to talk about the work the agency has been doing in conjunction with the National Toxicology Program (NTP) on bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in a huge range of applications from food safety linings to cash register receipts and medical equipment....
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Litigation
05/17/13 - The following bills will be monitored this legislative season. The most controversial bill is so far appears to be Assembly person Mike Gatto's AB 227. After it was introduced to alter Proposition 65 by allowing targets of Prop. 65 sixty-day notices to avoid any ensuing litigation by correcting the violation within 14 days after receiving the notice, Governor Jerry Brown proposed reforming the 26 year old initiative....
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OEHHA
05/17/13 - In March the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment issued a notice-of-intent to list (NOIL) "hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts" as reproductive toxicants under Proposition 65. The agency also proposed a safe harbor level for exposure to the chemicals. The CN Council, which represents hydrogen cyanide manufacturers and distributors, has responded to the NOIL with a comment arguing that OEHHA's proposal is flawed in failing to define what is meant by "cyanide salts" and in relying on a 2010 U.S. EPA risk assessment as a basis for the listing. ...
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Litigation
05/17/13 - A Sacramento Superior Court judge has granted the Attorney General's request to dismiss a complaint by three clients of The Chanler Group arguing that the AG's regulation requiring Proposition 65 private plaintiffs to serve the AG with a proposed settlement at least 45 days prior to the motion to approve the settlement violates the state Constitution. ...
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Chemicals of Interest
05/16/13 - NBC Dateline has posted the responses from various industry companies regarding NBC's previous reporting on Bisphenol A (BPA)...
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NTP
05/15/13 - A peer-review panel convened by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) unanimously recommended that two widely used industrial chemicals, cumene and 1-bromopropane, be classified as reasonably anticipated human carcinogens....
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Legislative
05/12/13 - The Brown Administration on May 7th released a list of what are so far conceptual proposals for reforming Proposition 65. The proposals were announced by Cal/EPA Secretary Matt Rodriquez in a telephone conference with the media....
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