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California publica CalEnviroScreen 5.0 para identificar y priorizar a las comunidades afectadas por la contaminación, y anuncia la designación preliminar de comunidades desfavorecidas

(Spanish) Press release announcing CalEnviroScreen 5.0 release
| CalEnviroScreen

SB 535 Disadvantaged Communities

Disadvantaged Community Designation (May 2022)

| CalEnviroScreen

Proposition 65: Omnibus 2026 Pre-Rulemaking

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will host an in-person and online workshop to discuss potential amendments to the Proposition 65 regulations on July 30, 2026. The workshop will include a discussion of potential regulatory amendments that OEHHA will publish on its website prior to the workshop.
| Proposition 65

California releases CalEnviroScreen 5.0 to identify and prioritize pollution-burdened communities, announces preliminary disadvantaged communities designation

Press release announcing CalEnviroScreen 5.0 release
| CalEnviroScreen

About CalEnviroScreen

Please see the new StoryMap on the 10-year anniversary of the first public version of CalEnviroScreen to learn about how the tool was developed, has improved over time, been used to advance environmental justice, and come to serve as a national model. In recognition of the collaborative process the informed the tool, the StoryMap contains numerous quotes from users of the tool and key people that have contributed their time, expertise, and opinions to help shape CalEnviroScreen over the years.

| CalEnviroScreen

Proposed Rulemaking: Title 27 California Code of Regulations, Section 25705 No Significant Risk Level for 1-Bromopropane and Diethanolamine (Dermal)

At the request of the Personal Care Products Council, OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is proposing a Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level for diethanolamine by the dermal route and 1-bromopropane in Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b)(1).
| Proposition 65

Inhalation Unit Risk Factor (IUR) for Ethylene Oxide

OEHHA is releasing a draft document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity data and derives an updated cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for ethylene oxide.
| Air

Inhalation Unit Risk Factor (IUR) for Acrolein

OEHHA is releasing a draft document for public review that summarizes the carcinogenicity data and derives a cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for acrolein.
| Air

State Launches a New Feature to CalHeatScore to Make Extreme Heat Info Accessible to More Californians

CalHeatScore API allows integration of CalHeatScore data into variety of applications
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El Estado lanza una nueva función de CalHeatScore para hacer más accesible la información sobre calor extremo a más californianos

La API de CalHeatScore permite integrar los datos de CalHeatScore en diversas aplicaciones
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