Learn the Issues
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Ozone and Your Patients' Health
The short, evidence-based training course describes the health impacts of ozone pollution and provides tools to help care providers and patients.
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2023 Request for Applications for Rhode Island Decentralized Wastewater Improvement Grant
Learn more about the 2023 Request for Applications for Rhode Island Decentralized Wastewater Improvement Grant.
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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.
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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)
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Deadline Extended for Pollution Prevention Grant Applications
EPA is extending the application deadlines for two grant opportunities
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Information on EPA’s Inaugural Conference on New Approach Methods for Reducing Animal Testing for Chemical Safety
Information on EPA’s Inaugural Conference on New Approach Methods for Reducing Animal Testing for Chemical Safety
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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.
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Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos
Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
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Thirty-Ninth ITC Report
Thirty-Nineth Report of the Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) to the Administrator, EPA
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You’re Invited to Learn More about Fee Obligations For EPA-Initiated Risk Evaluations
You’re Invited to Learn More about Fee Obligations For EPA-Initiated Risk Evaluations
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Controlling Mosquitoes at the Larval Stage
Larvicides target larvae in the breeding habitat before they can mature into adult mosquitoes and disperse. Larvicide treatment of breeding habitats help reduce the adult mosquito population in nearby areas.
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Materials for PV29 Risk Evaluation and Risk Management Webinar
Meeting materials for public webinar on PV29 - February 23, 2021
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February 2024 TSCA PFAS Workshop
On February 13-15, 2024, EPA held a workshop with representatives from stakeholder organizations to obtain stakeholder input on issues related to the National PFAS Testing Strategy, associated TSCA PFAS orders, testing challenges, and PFAS alternatives.
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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.
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Risk Management for Bisphenol A (BPA)
Fact sheet on Benzidine Dyes.
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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.
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Permethrin, Resmethrin, d-Phenothrin (Sumithrin®): Synthetic Pyrethroids For Mosquito Control
Information about the pesticides registered for controlling adult mosquitoes.