Learn the Issues
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Basic Information about Lead Air Pollution
How lead gets into the atmosphere and the effect it has on human health and ecosystems.
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How to List a Chemical on the Safer Chemical Ingredients List - Text Only
A text-only version of the flowchart of steps to getting a chemical listed on SCIL
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Steps to Get the Safer Choice Label on Your Product - Text Only
A text-only version of the Steps to Partnership Flowchart for the Safer Choice Program
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Meeting Materials for the BPA Alternatives in Thermal Paper Partnership
Materials presented during the July 15, 2010, kick-off meeting for the BPA Alternatives in Thermal Paper Partnership are available.
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Safer Choice Criteria for Processing Aids and Additives
Safer Choice created specific criteria for processing aids and additives to allow for tailored human and environmental health criteria for this class of chemicals
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Safer Choice Criteria for Solvents
Safer Choice focuses on characteristics most relevant to solvents used in cleaners to help distinguish safer solvents from those of greater concern
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Alternatives Assessment Criteria for Hazard Evaluation
DfE Alternatives Assessments evaluate priority chemicals and functional alternatives with the goal to inform substitution to safer alternatives.
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Ecosystem Markets in EnviroAtlas
Markets provide one way to safeguard ecosystem services. EnviroAtlas provides ecosystem markets data.
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01R-94-R5 MDEQ Closure Letter
01R-94-R5 MDEQ Closure Letter
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Are any other tests ordered?
There may be based on the evaluation by the physician or other healthcare provider. If a patient is having specific symptoms there may be other tests needed. For example, if a patient is short of breath, they may need to have a chest x-ray or other tests done to evaluate…
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How often should these screening tests be done?
We recommend having these tests every 6 months for the first year and then every year after that. This will allow the doctor or other healthcare provider to monitor changes in your health. This week’s questions are answered by Dr. Gretchen Nickell, Chief Medical Officer of the East Liverpool City…
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What kind of screening does the East Liverpool City Hospital's East Palestine Clinic offer related to the train derailment?
The screening tests are based on recommendations by specialists in toxicology to monitor anyone exposed to substances from the train derailment. The tests include urine and blood tests. A urinalysis is done that looks for problems involving the kidneys. The blood tests include a complete blood count (CBC) and a…
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Label Review Training: Module 2: Parts of the Label, Page 2
This module of the label review training describes the parts of the front and back panel of the pesticide label. You will learn what kinds of information each part includes, as well as how to organize these parts.
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EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Proposal to Register Novel Pesticide Technology for Potato Crops
The EPA has opened Public Comment Period on Proposal to Register Novel Pesticide Technology for Potato Crops
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Children's Environmental Health Research
Conducted in-house, with our federal partners like NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS), and by external researchers through a research grants program administered through the agency’s Office of Research & Development.
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Introduction to Ecolabels and Standards for Greener Products
This page explains what ecolabels and environmental performance standards are.
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How-To Guides To Assemble Your E3 Team
"How-To Guides" lead communities and manufacturers through the process of assembling your E3 team and preparing for an E3 assessment.
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EPA Releases Proposed Protections for Pesticide Malathion
The EPA is seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s opinion for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl.
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2014 Annual Report on Scientific Integrity
2014 Report on Scientific Integrity
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FY 2015 Allegations
FY 2015 Allegations