Science & Technology

Statement on Bt10

The United States Environmental Protection Agency regulates pesticidal substances produced in plants and the genetic material necessary for the plant to make those substances. This page describes the review and status of Bt 10.

Final Test Guidelines for Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Listing of the Final OCSPP Test Guidelines Series with links to the Series

Artificial Intelligence in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Webinar Archive

This EPA Tools & Resources Webinar showcases real-world applications of artificial intelligence and its future potential in disaster preparedness and recovery.

National Port Strategy Assessment: Reducing Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases at U.S. Ports

The assessment finds that air pollution at the Nation's ports can be significantly reduced by implementing currently available strategies and technologies to reduce emissions of harmful pollutants from diesel vehicles and engines.

EPA Research Partner Support Story: Using water filters to reduce lead in drinking water

Helping Benton Harbor residents know the importance of using water filters to reduce lead in their drinking water.

Microplastics Webinar Archive

This webinar, recorded on August 20, 2025, focused on microplastics, including microplastics research at EPA and microplastics resources developed by the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council.

EPA Tools and Resources Training Webinar Series

EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) hosts this bimonthly public webinar series to provides in-depth overviews and step-by-step tutorials on popular EPA tools, models and software.

Sanitary Survey App for Marine and Fresh Waters and Data Export Tool Training Webinar Archive

This webinar highlighted the Sanitary Survey App for Marine and Fresh Waters and Data Export Tool, a free tool hosted on ArcGIS Survey 123 that waterbody managers can use to record waterbody data for evaluation.

Mapper Technical Document

These technical documents provide user support for the RE-Powering Mapper tool and clarification of the underlying data and screening process.

EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards

Listserv announcing calls for nominations for the 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards

Genetic Indicator Research

EPA researchers and collaborators collect and use environmental DNA, also called eDNA, to help determine species present in aquatic environments.

Quality Assurance Project Plan

Flint QAPP

AQS Java Memo

AQS Java Memo, regarding the latest available Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for AQS.

AQS Use of PM2.5 FEMS and ARMs in SLAMS Networks

Biological Agents

These chemicals or organisms increase the rate at which microorganisms break down complex compounds into simpler products (biodegredation). Two bioremediation technologies currently being used for oil spill cleanups are fertilization and seeding.

Recent Additions for Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs)

The PPRTV recent additions page includes the dates and announcements of the addition and removal of PPRTV assessments over the years. Archived assessments can be obtained by contacting the STSC support center via the contact us link.

Chesapeake Bay Effectiveness Rational

This document describes the methodology EPA followed to establish the most effective use of these funds.

RFC 18003 - Ethylene Oxide

This RFC seeks the correction of Ethylene Oxide information disseminated in the 2014 update to the National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA)

RFC: CHEMDAT8, RCRA, SCDM, SCDM Win, SIMS, STF, SPHEM, CHEM9, HHRAP, HHRAPCF, TreatDB, KowWin, PhysProp, Chemfate, Water9, and PBT Profiler Databases

Submitted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Electroplating Effluent Guidelines

Overview of the Electroplating Category and support documents