Take Two and Call Me In the Morning: OEHHA Publishes Proposition 65 Hazard Identification Document for Acetominophen
In announcing the December 5, 2019 meeting of the Proposition 65 Cancer Identification Committee (CIC), OEHHA has published its Hazard Identification Document for acetominophen. Publication of the HID begins the public comment period on the document; the deadline for comments is November 4, 2019. Members of the public also may provide oral comments at the meeting. Acetominophen is a widely used analgesic and antipyretic drug which first became available without a prescription in 1955. The HID, over 350 pages long, evaluates and summarizes a number of studies relating to this OTC drug. At the upcoming CIC meeting, committee members will…