Science & Technology

Now Available: Latest Update to the TSCA Inventory

EPA Releases Updated 2019 TRI Data

EPA is releasing updated 2019 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data, continuing the agency’s commitment to providing the public with important data and information about chemicals in their communities.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1997 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1997 award winner, BHC Company, developed a highly atom-efficient method to make ibuprofen, a common painkiller, using three catalytic steps instead of six stoichiometric ones.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1996 Designing Greener Chemicals Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1996 award winner, Rohm and Haas, developed Sea-Nine, a marine antifoulant to control plants and animals on ship hulls. Sea-Nine replaces persistent, toxic organotin antifoulants.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2013 Designing Greener Chemicals Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2013 award winner, Cargill, Inc., developed a vegetable-oil-based transformer fluid that is much less flammable, provides superior performance, is less toxic, and has a substantially lower carbon footprint.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1997 Greener Reaction Conditions Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1997 award winner, Imation, developed DryView Imaging Systems, which use a special photographic film for medical imaging that replaces hazardous developer chemicals and water with heat.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1997 Academic Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1997 award winner, Professor Joseph M. DeSimone, developed surfactants that allow carbon dioxide to be a solvent for chemical manufacturing, replacing hazardous chemical solvents.

Updated Draft Protocol for the Evaluation of Bactericidal Activity of Hard, Non-porous Copper Containing Surface Products

This document describes the updated draft testing protocol recommended by the EPA to support the registration of copper-containing surface products (such as door knobs, or other items that are not intended for food contact) that bear sanitizer claims.

Strategic Vision for Adopting New Approach Methodologies - Replacement Strategies

EPA’s goals is to replace complex laboratory animal studies with new approach methodologies (NAMs) while maintaining the scientific defensibility of pesticide assessments

KABAM Version 1.0 User's Guide and Technical Documentation

User guide and technical information about KABAM, a simulation model used to predict pesticide concentrations in aquatic regions for use in exposure assessments.

Strategic Vision for Adopting New Approach Methodologies - Metrics

directive to prioritize efforts to reduce animal testing, which included the goals of reducing mammal study requests and funding 30 percent by 2025 and eliminating them by 2035

EPA Publishes 2020 Chemical Data Reporting Information

this page has info on the release of 2020 chemical data reporting (CDR) information

Nonylphenol (NP) and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPEs) Fact Sheet

Questions and answers on Nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs).

ECM for Metamitron & Desaminometamitron in Water - MRID 51173633

Environmental Chemistry Methods for Metamitron & Desaminometamitron in Water - MRID 51173633

Letter Inviting Participation in the PFOA Stewardship Program

Letter inviting stakeholders to commit to a global stewardship program whose goal is to work toward essentially eliminating emissions and product content levels of PFOA and related chemicals.

EPA Letter Denying TSCA Section 21 Petition

Letter denying TSCA Section 21 Petition Requesting EPA to Regulate Anthropogenic Emissions Carbon Dioxide.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2016 Designing Greener Chemicals and Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Awards

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2016 award winner, Newlight Technologies, developed a net carbon negative plastic made from methane-based GHG. It is cheaper than petroleum-based plastic; used to make cell phone cases, furniture, and other products.

Test Guidelines for Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Documents that specify methods EPA recommends to generate data submitted to EPA to support the registration of a pesticide, setting of a tolerance or tolerance exemption for pesticide residues, or the decision making process for an industrial chemical.

About Test Guidelines for Pesticides and Toxic Substances

general information about OCSPP Test Guidelines

OPPT Methylene Chloride (DCM) Draft Risk Assessment Final Comments

This document contains the Final Comments of Nine-Member Peer Review Panel for the OPPT Methylene Chloride (DCM) Draft Risk Assessment.