Apr 12, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By Lee N. Smith Download the PDF here OEHHA has proposed thatglyphosate be listed with a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 1100 microgramsper day. For chemicals assessed under Prop 65 for cancer sets a threshold risk level which represents no significant risk...
Apr 12, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By. Lee N. Smith Download the PDF here The American Chemistry Council has launched a public campaign to change how theInternational Agency for Research on Cancer-IARC makes decisions about thecarcinogenicity of chemicals.This is significant in California for among...
Apr 11, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By: Lee N.Smith Attorneys representing a Ventura County farmworker and environmental justice groups filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) in January 2017 alleging that the California state agency did not do enough to protect...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
To download the PDF click here. In August 2016 OEHHA finalized the new Prop 65 Warning regulations. In summary, there is new safe harbor language, a new website for consumers, and attempts to clarify liability as between manufacturers and retailers. The new...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
Download the PDF here. Oeeha has revised the new notice regulations requesting comments by June 6, 2016. following is quoted from the Oehha site. The The most significant changes are summarized below: In Section 25600(e) the term “fully” was removed. This provision...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By: Lee Smith The recent revisions of the Prop 65 regulation have been revised, again. Proposed Section 25205 concerns the content of the Lead Agency Website. Under this section the agency is to maintain a web-based portal to collect and display information provided...
