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Best Practices for Indoor Air Quality when Remodeling Your Home
This page contains best working practices for remodeling a home when considering the indoor air quality.
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Indoor AirPlus and Wildfires
Indoor airPLUS labeled homes are equipped with features that can help provide cleaner air to breathe during wildfire smoke events by reducing exposure to particulate matter and other pollutants.
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Webinar: Reducing Airborne Viruses in Schools: Optimizing Ventilation and Energy Efficiency
Recording of February 6, 2025, Webinar: Reducing Airborne Viruses in Schools: Optimizing Ventilation and Energy Efficiency
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What is National Radon Action Month? When is Radon Action Week?
January is National Radon Action Month. The aim of National Radon Action Month is to increase the public's awareness of radon, promote radon testing and mitigation, and advance the use of radon-resistant new construction practices. Radon Action Week is the third week in October. Some communities might observe Radon Action…
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What is the debate on radon?
There is no debate about radon being a lung carcinogen in humans. All major national and international organizations that have examined the health risks of radon agree that it is a lung carcinogen. The scientific community continues to conduct research to refine our understanding of the precise number of deaths…
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Are radon measurements accurate and reliable?
The EPA has maintained the position that radon measurement systems provide practical and affordable measurements that can give consumers the information they need about the radon level in their home in order to make a decision about whether to fix their home. Since the EPA based this position on studies…
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How do I know if my radon mitigation system is working properly?
There are several methods that a contractor can use to lower radon levels in your home. Some techniques prevent radon from entering your home while others reduce radon levels after it has entered. The EPA generally recommends methods which prevent the entry of radon. Soil suction, for example, prevents radon…
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Indoor AirPlus Builder Partnership Agreement
Builders can employ a variety of construction practices and technologies in their new homes to help address indoor air quality concerns through Indoor airPLUS.
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Indoor AirPlus Partnership Agreement for Verification Organizations
Builders can employ a variety of construction practices and technologies in their new homes to help address indoor air quality concerns through Indoor airPLUS.
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Describe the radon epidemiological studies?
To have a reasonable certainty in the conclusions, many thousands of cases are required to detect the increased risk of lung cancer due to radon. This is because the more things that cause a disease the harder it is to separate one cause from another, thus it takes many cases…
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Basic Information about Landfills
this page describes what a landfill is and the types of landfills that exist in the United States
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Frequent Questions about the Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Guidance Reinterpretation
Frequents Questions about the Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Guidance Reinterpretation
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EPA Region 3 Polychlorinated Biphenyls
EPA Regional implementations and regulations for the processing, distribution, use, cleanup, storage and disposal of PCBs under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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EPA Region 1 Polychlorinated Biphenyls
EPA Region 1 implements the regulations for the processing, distribution, use, cleanup, storage and disposal of PCBs under the Toxic Substances Control Act in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
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Frequent Questions Related to Hazardous Waste Recycling, the Definition of Solid Waste and Other Exemptions and Exclusions
Frequent Questions Related to Hazardous Waste Recycling, the Definition of Solid Waste and Other Exemptions and Exclusions
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Final Rule: Revisions to the Export Provisions of the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Rule
Information in regard to responsible ways to manage CRTs.
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Managing Used Oil: Answers to Frequent Questions for Businesses
Information for businesses such as service stations, fleet maintenance facilities, and "quick lube" shops that generate and handle used oil. Includes regulatory requirements for storing oil, preventing and managing spills and leaks, and record keeping.
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EPA's Work in the Gulf of America
Program to facilitate collaborative actions to protect, maintain, and restore the health and productivity of the Gulf of America in ways consistent with the economic well-being of the Region.
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Air Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
This page describes how atmospheric deposition adds to the high levels of nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay. It also provides an overview of the allocations given to atmospheric deposition.
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International Emissions Inventory Conference
Emission inventory conference forum for exchange of ideas