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Risk Management for n-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)

N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)

EPA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances

EPA is reopening the public comment period on a proposed rule to revoke certain tolerances for chlorpyrifos.

TRI National Analysis

Interpretation of annual TRI data reported by industrial facilities. Interactive maps and other tools give a close look at how industries, parent companies, and individual facilities manage toxic chemical waste and how they prevent and reduce pollution.

EPA Extends Comment Period on Draft Biological Opinion for Carbaryl

EPA is extending the public comment period on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) draft biological opinion for the insecticide carbaryl, giving stakeholders more time to review and submit information.

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs)

CFLs can help you save money, use less energy, reduce light bulb changes, and lower greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to climate change. Learn about proper cleanup, recycling and disposal, labels, mercury, and UV radiation.

What EPA is Doing to Reduce Mercury Pollution, and Exposures to Mercury

Learn about actions EPA, tribal and state agencies have taken to reduce mercury pollution and releases into the environment

Register for Sept. 19 Webinar: A Safer Choice for Cleaning: Increasing Access to Products with Safer Ingredients

EPA's Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention Jennie Romer will host a webinar on Sept. 19, 2024, on how EPA’s Safer Choice program helps people find and have access to cleaning and other products made with safer ingredients. Register today

Reminder -- Register for Sept. 19 Webinar: A Safer Choice for Cleaning: Increasing Access to Products with Safer Ingredients

Reminder about the webinar on Sept. 19, 2024, on how EPA’s Safer Choice program helps people find and have access to cleaning and other products made with safer ingredients. Register today!

Standard Operating Procedures for Residential Pesticide Exposure Assessment

Resources Related to Antimicrobial Issues

These non-EPA sites contain additional antimicrobial information sources and opinions/policies of the respective Agencies.

Pesticide Alerts

Information for the public on pesticide consumer alerts.

Endangered Species Case - Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA

This Web page provides information on the Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA case, related to protection of Pacific salmon and steelhead, and links to the biological opinions issued by the NMFS and EPA’s responses.

Endangered Species Case – Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides v. EPA

EPA is reinstating streamside no-spray buffer zones to protect endangered or threatened Pacific salmon and steelhead in California, Oregon and Washington State, which were originally established in prior litigation brought against EPA by WTC and others.

Chemical Substances of Unknown or Variable Composition, Complex Reaction Products and Biological Materials (UVCB Substance) on the TSCA Inventory

: This paper a compendium of information related to the broad class of chemical substances referred to as UVCBs for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory.