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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.

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.

Protecting Monarch Butterflies from Pesticides

Information about what EPA is doing to protect monarch butterflies from potential effects from pesticides.

TSCA Fees for Manufacturer-Requested Risk Evaluations

Information on relevant fees for Section 4 and Section 6 of TSCA.

TSCA Fees for Test Orders and Enforceable Consent Agreements

Information on relevant fees for Section 4 and Section 6 of TSCA.

Combinations of Two or More Substances: Complex Reaction Products on the TSCA Inventory

This paper explains the policies that are applied to listings of reaction product combinations of two or more substances for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory.

Tips for Hiring a Rodent Control Professional

Ask to see the pest control company's license, check for appropriate insurance, and make sure employees are bonded (company reimburses you for any damage). You may also want to call your state pesticide regulatory agency, or the NPIC or NPMA.

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.