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Resources about Mercury for Child Care Providers

Learn about the effects of mercury and the steps that can be taken to prevent exposure to mercury in a childcare facility.

Resources about Mercury in Child Care Settings for Government Agencies

Learn about mercury and the steps that can be taken to prevent exposure to mercury in childcare facilities.

Environmental Health Topics in Child Care Facilities for Parents

Learn about major environmental health issues in child care settings and what you can do to maintain your child's health. Provides links to Environmental Health Fact Sheets

Frequently Asked Questions on Open Funding Opportunities

EPA has published three new funding opportunities to support pesticide safety education for farmworkers, training for health care providers to better address pesticide-related illness, and technical assistance to support managing these grants.

Pennsylvania Village to Get Safe, Reliable Water Supply

A Pennsylvania village whose unfiltered, contaminated water source made it the top violator of federal and state drinking water laws will be connected to a public water system in 2015 with $2.2 million from EPA’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Reduce Wasted Food by Feeding Animals

This page describes the third level of the wasted food scale - feeding animals.

EPA Solicitation Clauses (11/01/2023)

Solicitation clauses for solicitations that close between November 1, 2023 and December 14, 2023 inclusive.

Find Information about a Particular U.S. Beach

Find information on your beach

URBAN WATERS FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP: Partnership Approaches for Equitable Climate Resilience Planning

The Baltimore Flood Report focused on identifying gaps between flood science and regulatory frameworks and producing recommendations to guide future partnership efforts to address regional flooding in central Maryland

Documents on Restoring Maumee AOC

Timeline table documenting the actions taken to remove the beneficial use impairments in the Maumee River Area of Concern, starting with the remedial action plan.

GPP Webinar: Measuring Emissions from Purchased Electricity: A Primer on GHG Protocol’s New Scope 2 Guidance

The Green Power Partnership hosts webinars on a regular basis that explore a variety of topics. This webinar provided a forum to learn about new, not-yet-built renewable energy projects that may align with their energy, environmental, and financial object

EPA Update on Next Steps for Chlorpyrifos

In light of the November 2, 2023, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to vacate the EPA's 2021 final rule effectively prohibiting the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food or feed crops, EPA is issuing an update on its intended next steps.

Instructions for Adding Electrostatic Spray Application Directions for Use to Antimicrobial Product Registrations

Electrostatic Spray Application Directions for Use to Antimicrobial Product Registrations. Products intended for use against the SARS-CoV-2, the novel human coronavirus that causes COVID-19

Green Building

Buildings have a major impact on the environment, human health and the economy. Applying green building practices can help reduce a building’s overall impact. This page provides a general overview on green building.

Common Sources of Exposure to Dioxin

This page contains links to information about places in which dioxins may be present in our environment.

Superfund Risk Assessment

Guidance, tools and databases that might be useful in preparing human health and ecological risk assessments on the types of hazardous waste sites addressed by OSWER programs