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Dinotefuran Petition and Response

Petition and response for Dinotefuran

Carfentrazone-ethyl Petition and Response

Petition(s) and Response(s) for Carfentrazone-ethyl

General Substantiation Questions to Support CBI Claims

General Questions and Answers Concerning Confidential Business Information (CBI) Provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

EPA Announces Rescheduled Meeting for Peer Review of the Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos

EPA is holding a rescheduled public meeting of the Toxic Substances Control Act Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals from June 8 to 11, 2020, to review the draft risk evaluation for asbestos

EPA Releases Outreach Materials for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

Listserv announcing the release of the 2021 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Outreach Materials.

Information on EPA’s Inaugural Conference on New Approach Methods for Reducing Animal Testing for Chemical Safety

Deadline Extended for Pollution Prevention Grant Applications

EPA is extending the application deadlines for two grant opportunities

January 22, 2020 Webinar on Reducing Vertebrate Animal Testing

EPA Public Webinar in Partnership with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Physicians for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

Register for the April 27-30, 2020, Peer Review Virtual Public Meeting of the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals

EPA will hold a virtual public meeting on April 27-30, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m.

You’re Invited to Learn More about Fee Obligations For EPA-Initiated Risk Evaluations

Bed Bugs: A Public Health Issue

Negative effects include allergic reactions to their bites, secondary infections from the bite reaction such as impetigo, and mental health impacts on people living in infested homes such as anxiety and insomnia.

Print a Bed Bug Card - (Single Cards)

Two sets of business-card-sized lists of tips for recognizing bed bugs and the signs of an infestation, including a photo of bed bugs to assist identification. One card is for general use around home or office, the other for travelers.

EPA Regulation of Bed Bug Pesticides

All pesticides must be registered by EPA before being sold and used in the U.S., other than those that rely on a limited set of active ingredients (so-called minimum risk pesticides). EPA reviews for safety and effectiveness.

Print a Bed Bug Card

Two sets of business card-sized lists of tips for prevention of bed bug infestations, one for general use around home, the other for travelers. Print a single card or a page of cards for distribution.

Thirty-Ninth ITC Report

Thirty-Nineth Report of the Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) to the Administrator, EPA

Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos

Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos

Fact Sheet: 2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program

EPA's existing chemicals programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.

Highlights of Key Provisions in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

The new law includes much needed modernizations to TSCA, the only major piece of environmental legislation that had not been updated since it was passed in the fall of 1976.

Risk Management for Bisphenol A (BPA)

Fact sheet on Benzidine Dyes.

Long-Chain Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) Action Plan

This Action Plan is based on EPA’s initial review of readily available use, exposure, and hazard information on PFCs. EPA considered which of the various authorities provided under TSCA and other statutes might be appropriate to address potential concerns.