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Press Releases from OEHHA

Press Contact:
Sam Delson
Deputy Director of External and Legislative Affairs
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4010
Sacramento, CA 95812-4010
(916) 324-0955

• Cal/EPA releases nation's first comprehensive statewide screening tool
  [04/23/13]
• OEHHA Fish Health Advisory: Young Women and Children Should Avoid Eating Striped Bass and White Sturgeon
  [02/15/12]
• OEHHA Adopts First-in-the-Nation Public Health Goal For Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water
  [07/27/11]
  • Fact Sheet
  • Final Technical Support Document on Public Health Goal for Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water
• OEHHA Issues Updated Fish Advisory for San Francisco Bay
  [05/23/11]
  
  • A Guide to Eating San Francisco Bay Fish and Shellfish
  • Full report describing the San Francisco Bay advisory and safe eating guidelines
  • Frequently asked questions about San Francisco Bay fish and shellfish here
  • Non-technical fact sheet for San Francisco Bay fish and shellfish
• OEHHA Proposes Revised Public Health Goal for Perchlorate
  [01/07/11]
• OEHHA Releases Revised Draft Public Health Goal for Hexavalent Chromium
  [12/31/10]
• Higher Temperatures Increase Hospitilizations for Many Serious Ailments
  [03/02/10]
• Higher Risk of Miscarriage Found Among African-Americans, Nonsmokers Living Near Busy Roads
  [12/08/09]
• Announcement of Public Comment Period and Workshop Draft Technical Support Document on Proposed Public Health Goal for Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water
  • Fact Sheet
  • Press Release
    [08/20/09]
• OEHHA Report Documents Indicators of Climate Change in California
  [04/17/09]
• OEHHA Releases Updated Fish Advisories and Safe Eating Guidelines for California Sport Fish
  [04/14/09]
• Press Release Report and Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From San Pablo Reservoir
  [02/27/09]
  • Fact Sheet
  • Press Release

• Announcement of Health Advisory And Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish From Folsom Lake And Lake Natoma (Sacramento, El Dorado And Placer Counties)
  [10/15/08]

  • Fact Sheet
  • Press Release

• Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines For Fish and Shellfish from the Sacramento River and Northern Delta (Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Colusa, Yuba, Glenn, Butte, Tehama, And Shasta Counties)
  [04/11/08]

  • Fact Sheet
  • Press Release - [04/15/08]
• Mussel Consumption Warning Lifted Tests Show No Elevated Risk From SF Bay Mussels
  [03/13/08]
  • Press Release
  • Fact Sheet (updated 3/13/08)
• Health and Safety Advisory: Fish Outside SF Bay OK, But Avoid Fish From Spill Area Until State’s Safety Evaluation is Completed, Exercise Caution at Reopened Beaches
  [11/21/07]
• Press Release
• Fact Sheet (updated 03/13/08)

• Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period
  Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish and Shellfish from the San Joaquin River and South Delta (Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, and Fresno Counties)
  [03/09/07]

  • Press Release
  • Fact Sheet
• Press Release No#06-06 OEHHA Releases Draft Advisories on Mercury in Fish in Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino
  [08/17/06]
• OEHHA Releases Draft Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Lower Feather River
  [08/10/05]
• Media Release: OEHHA Finalizes Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Lake Berryessa and Putah Creek
  [06/22/06]
• Media Release: California Adds Environmental Tobacco Smoke to List of Chemicals That Cause Reproductive Harm
  [05/24/06]
• OEHHA Releases Draft Advisories on Mercury in Fish in Lower Cosumnes and Mokelumne Rivers
  [04/28/06]
• Media Release: OEHHA Releases Draft Advisories on Mercury in Fish in Lake Berryessa and Putah Creek
  [02/17/06]
• OEHHA Finalizes Advisory on Mercury in Fish From Several Trinity County Water Bodies
  [10/06/05]
• New OEHHA Study Finds Links Between Fine Airborne Particles and Deaths in California
  [09/23/05]
• Scientific Panel Decides Against Adding Perchlorate to Proposition 65 List of Toxic Chemicals
  [08/11/05]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releases Draft Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Trinity Lake and Other Water Bodies in the Trinity River Watershed
  [04/08/05]
• Media Release - State’s Drinking Water Goal for Perchlorate Consistent with Findings of Major Federal Study
  [04/01/05]
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Public Health Goal for Perchlorate
  [04/01/05]
• Media Release - OEHHA Finalizes Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Clear Lake, Cache Creek and Bear Creek (pdf)
  [05/11/04]
• Air Pollution and Children's Health Traffic Study Fact Sheets and Press Release
  [10/18/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releasess Advisory on Chemicals in Fish from 10 Bay Area Reservoirs (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and Santa Clara Counties) - pdf file
  [10/13/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releases Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Tomales Bay (pdf) or View as html
  [10/05/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Finalizes Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Lake Natoma and the Lower American River (pdf) (view as html)
  [09/02/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releases Draft Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Clear Lake, Cache Creek and Bear Creek (pdf)
  [05/11/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releases Draft Advisory on Mercury in Fish from Tomales Bay (pdf)
  [05/07/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releases Draft Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Lake Natoma and Lower American River (pdf) (updated 09/02/04)
  [04/29/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Publishes Health Goal for Arsenic in Drinking Water
  [04/23/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Announces Health Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water
  [03/11/04]
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Public Health Goal for Perchlorate
  [03/11/04]
• Media Release - OEHHA Issues First State Fish Advisory for Sierra Nevada, and Fish Advisory for Black Butte Reservoir
  [12/16/03]
• Media Release - OEHHA Releases Draft Health Goal for Arsenic in Drinking Water
  [03/07/03]
• Media Release - OEHHA Seeks Comments on Draft Advisory on Mercury in Fish in Bear River, South Yuba River, Deer Creek Watersheds
  [01/31/03]
• Media Release - OEHHA Withdraws Public Health Goal (PHG) for Chromium
  [11/09/01]
• Media Release - Toxic Air Contaminants OEHHA Lists 5 Toxic Air Contaminants of Concern for Children
  [09/18/01]
• Media Release - Chromium 6 Scientific Review of Toxicological and Human Health Issues Related to the Development of a Public Health Goal for Chromium VI
  [09/10/01]
• Media Release - Chromium 6 OEHHA and DHS Announce Key Actions Regarding the Further Study and Regulation of Chromium 6 in Drinking Water
  [03/27/01]