Science & Technology

Safety and Waste Management for SAM Chemistry Methods

The General Safety and Waste Management page offers section-specific safety and waste management details for the chemical analytes included in EPA's Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery (SAM).

EPA Method 200.8: Determination of Trace Elements in Waters and Wastes by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

EPA’s Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery (SAM) lists this method for preparation and analysis of drinking water samples to detect and measure compounds containing arsenic, thallium and vanadium.

OSHA Method PV2103: Chloropicrin

This method describes procedures for preparation and analysis of air samples for detection and measurement of chloropicrin, using solvent desorption and GC/ECD.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2006 Academic Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2006 award winner, Professor Galen J. Suppes, developed a process to convert waste glycerin from biodiesel production into propylene glycol to replace ethylene glycol in antifreeze.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2005 Small Business Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2005 award winner, Metabolix, used biotechnology to develop microorganisms that produce polyhydroxyalkanoates: natural, biodegradable plastics with a range of environmental benefits.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2004 Designing Greener Chemicals Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2004 award winner, Engelhard Corporation, developed a wide range of environmentally friendly Rightfit azo pigments that contain calcium, strontium, or barium instead of heavy metals.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2003 Small Business Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2003 award winner, AgraQuest, developed Serenade, an OMRI-listed biofungicide for fruits and vegetables based on Bacillus subtilis QST-713, a naturally occurring strain of bacteria.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2002 Small Business Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2002 award winner, SC Fluids, with Los Alamos National Laboratory, developed supercritical CO2 resist remover technology to clean residues from semiconductor wafers during manufacture.

EPA awards $30,277,000 to South Carolina for water infrastructure resiliency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $30,277,000 in supplemental appropriation funds to South Carolina to improve water infrastructure resiliency in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

• Release Date: April 8, 2026

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2002 Designing Greener Chemicals Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2002 award winner, Chemical Specialties, developed an alkaline copper quaternary wood preservative to replace chromated copper arsenate preservative phased out due to risk to children.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2001 Small Business Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2001 award winner, EDEN Bioscience, discovered and commercialized harpins: nontoxic, naturally occurring, biodegradable proteins that activate a plant's defense and growth mechanisms.

Water Quality Standards Regulations: Kansas

Information related to Water Quality Standards for Kansas.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2000 Academic Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2000 award winner, Professor Chi-Huey Wong, developed reactions with enzymes and safer solvents that can replace traditional reactions done with toxic metals and hazardous solvents.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1998 Small Business Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1998 award winner, PYROCOOL Technologies, developed a nontoxic, highly biodegradable fire extinguishing foam to replace ozone-depleting gases and foams that release toxic chemicals.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1997 Designing Greener Chemicals Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1997 award winner, Albright & Wilson Americas, discovered that tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate, THPS, is an effective, safer biocide for use in industrial water systems.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2011 Greener Reaction Conditions Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2011 award winner, Kraton Performance Polymers, developed halogen-free, high-flow NEXAR polymer membranes using less solvent that save energy during reverse osmosis to desalinate water.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2007 Academic Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2007 award winner, Professor Michael J. Krische, developed selective C-C bond-forming hydrogenation without organometallic reagents, eliminating hazardous reagents and hazardous waste.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1998 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1998 award winner, Flexsys America, developed nucleophilic aromatic substitution for hydrogen to eliminate waste from a common reaction and to produce 4-ADPA, a high-volume chemical.

Risk-Based Adaptation

Integrating risk management into climate change adaptation planning for watershed-based organizations or coastal communities.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2012 Academic Award (Coates)

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2012 award winner, Professor Geoffrey W. Coates, developed a family of catalysts that use carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide to make make polymers including polycarbonates.