Learn the Issues
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Navajo Nation: Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines
Information about the progress of EPA's cleanup of abandoned uranium mines on Navajo and Hopi lands and other areas of Arizona and New Mexico, including health impacts, major enforcement and removal milestones, and community actions.
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TSCA Section 13 Import Compliance Checklist
This checklist provides help for chemical importers to determine how to certify their chemical imports in order to comply with the regulatory requirements under section 13 of the Toxic Substances.
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Documents, Reports and Photographs for Cleveland Cliffs Plate LLC (Formerly: Arcelormittal Plate LLC ISG Plate LLC ) in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
RCRA Corrective Action Cleveland Cliffs Plate LLC, Formerly Arcelormittal Plate LLC : ISG Plate LLC, Bethlehem Lukens) , Coatesville PA, Documents and Report
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Documents, Reports and Photographs for Monroe Energy LLC (Formerly: BP Oil Incorporated) in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
RCRA Corrective Action Former BP Oil Company, Marcus Hook PA, also British Petroleum Exploration and Oil Company, Inc Former ConocoPhillips, now TOSCO Refinery ,Monroe Energy LLC)
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Tribal Public Water System Supervision Program
Under the 1986 amendments to the SDWA, Indian tribes may be treated as states and assume PWSS primacy if they meet the necessary requirements
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EPA Proposes Registration of Picarbutrazox, a New Fungicide Active Ingredient
EPA is proposing to register the new active ingredient picarbutrazox, which represents a new tool for managing resistant fungi.
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EPA Issues Advisory on Disinfectants Making False and Misleading COVID-19 Claims
This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance released a compliance advisory on products claiming to kill SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
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New EPA Guidance for Testing Pesticides Will Reduce Animal Testing
EPA is issuing guidance for requesting waivers of acute dermal toxicity testing requirements for pesticide formulations, which will lead to fewer animal tests for acute dermal toxicity for pesticides.
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Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017
Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017
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EPA Awards Oregon State University with the National Pesticide Information Center Cooperative Agreement
EPA has awarded a cooperative agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) to support the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC).
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Scientific Advisory Panel to Meet on Cancer Potential of Glyphosate (rescheduled meeting)
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) has been rescheduled and will meet December 13-16, 2016 on the cancer potential of glyphosate
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Federal Interagency Working Group to Hold Public Meeting on Endangered Species Pesticide Issues
IWG is holding a public listening session on January 27, 2022, to hear stakeholder perspectives on improving the Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 consultation process for federal pesticide decisions.
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EPA Grants Extension of Experimental Use Permit for ‘Wolbachia Mosquito’
EPA has approved and expanded an existing experimental use permit (EUP) for Wolbachia pipientis-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
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Updated Human Health Risk Analyses for Chlorpyrifos
EPA has revised the human health hazard assessment and drinking water exposure assessment for chlorpyrifos that supported our October 2015 proposal to revoke all food residue tolerances for chlorpyrifos.
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Children's Environmental Health: A Workshop on Future Priorities for Environmental Health Sciences
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is hosting a free, virtual public workshop to discuss the state of science and knowledge about children's environmental health.
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EPA Renews Enlist Product Registrations with New Control Measures, Providing Growers with Certainty for the 2022 Growing Season
EPA is issuing seven-year registrations for two herbicide products, Enlist Duo and Enlist One, to ensure growers have access to effective pesticide tools for the 2022 growing season.
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EPA Observes National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Recent listserv on National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2021
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EPA Proposes Registration of Nootkatone, A New Active Ingredient in Insect Control
EPA is seeking public comment on the proposed registration of a new active ingredient called nootkatone, which was discovered and developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and can be used as an insect repellent.