Learn the Issues
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Federal Register Notice: TSCA Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) Requirements
EPA is establishing a retrospective electronic notification of chemical substances on the TSCA Inventory.
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Fact Sheet: Assessing Risks from Flame Retardants
Fact Sheet - Assessing Risks from Flame Retardants
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Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate (LCPFAC) Chemicals
Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are substances with special properties that have many manufacturing and industrial applications because they impart useful properties, including fire resistance and oil, stain, grease and water repellency.
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TSCA Work Plan Chemical Risk Assessment Antimony Trioxide
This risk assessment of antimony trioxide focused on ecological risks from the use of ATO as a synergist in halogenated flame retardants.
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Public Meeting - Reviewing New Chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act
Presentation materials for the December 14, 2016 Public Meeting - Reviewing New Chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act
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Fact Sheet: Methylene Chloride or Dichloromethane (DCM)
Fact sheet on Methylene Choride or Dichloromethane (DCM).
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Fact Sheet: Methylene Chloride or Dichloromethane (DCM)
Frequently asked questions for Methylene Chloride or Dichloromethane (DCM).
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EPA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan 2016
EPA's Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan for FY 2016
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ChemView User Interface Guide
A guide for users of the ChemView database system.
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The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act: Frequent Questions
Frequent questions for the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (TSCA21).
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Pre-publication version of Proposed Rule on Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under TSCA Section 6(h)
Prepublication version of an EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
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Fact Sheet: Assessing Risks from Flame Retardants
EPA's assessing and managing risk 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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Prepublication Version of the Comment Period Extension for the Proposed PBT Rule Under TSCA Section 6(h)
Prepublication version of an EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
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Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation Tanning Equipment
Too much exposure to UVA rays from tanning equipment can cause premature wrinkling of the skin, skin rashes, and eye injury. UVA and UVB rays may both be linked to melanoma and they can damage your body’s ability to fight illness.
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The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act - Law & Summary Information
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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Learn About FEC
Basic information about the Federal Electronics Challenge which encourages federal agencies to purchase and manage electronics in environmentally safe ways.
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Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017 Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Award Summaries
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is responsible for overseeing several grant programs for tribes and states which promote pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation.
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Geographic Information Systems, Pollution Prevention Case Studies
This document provides examples of innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programs with P2 applications.
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Public Meeting - Risk Evaluation Scoping Efforts under TSCA for 10 Chemical Substances
Meeting agenda for the February 14, 2017 Public Meeting - Risk Evaluation Scoping Efforts under TSCA for 10 Chemical Substances.
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Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Action Plan
HBCD is a brominated flame retardant found world-wide in the environment and wildlife. This document discusses potential actions EPA may take regarding this chemical.