Science & Technology

EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Webinar for 2022

Information about a webinar providing information for the 2022 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

EPA Reaches Settlement with 3M Co. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Storage Violations at Cordova Facility in Illinois

EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with 3M Co. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Storage Violations at Cordova Facility in Illinois

• Release Date: October 2, 2024

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.

Technical Air Pollution Resources

collection of EPA resources with technical information about many areas of air pollution prevention, technology, regulation, measurement, and science.

Developing Organs On-a-Chip: Chemical Safety Research Collaborators Provide Research Review

Risk assessors must understand how chemicals impact human systems, including complex tissues and organs. Unfortunately, there are huge data gaps in this area, and current testing methods are costly and time-consuming.

Research Supports Air Sensor Data Pilot Conducted in 2020 Wildfire Season

To provide air quality information in areas without permanent monitors, EPA and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) conducted the AirNow Sensor Data Pilot from August to December of 2020.

Going Back to our Roots: EPA Researchers Help the City of Durham, North Carolina Site New Trees

EPA helps Durham, North Carolina sit 10,000 trees so that the community will benefit the most

Tracking Emissions Using New Fenceline Monitoring Technology

New cost-effective approaches to measuring air pollutants at the fenceline or in communities near industrial facilities can help identify and control air pollution that may drift across property lines.

EPA Researchers Inform Public Health Officials in Ohio on Variants of COVID-19 Virus through Wastewater Monitoring and Sequencing

Early in the pandemic, researchers at EPA’s laboratory in Cincinnati began looking for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater.

DIY Air Sensor Now Available for Use by Educators and Citizen Scientists

EPA researchers have published instructions for building a portable, battery-powered air sensor, called the AirMapper, which can be used for educational outreach activities.

Protecting Our Pets Through Research, Technology, and the National Pet Health Survey

EPA scientists are helping prevent pets from being exposed to harmful contaminants and infectious agents.

Meet EPA Chemist Lisandra Santiago-Delgado Trine

EPA chemist Lisandra Santiago-Delgado Trine analyzes water samples from across the nation to study how certain elements move through environmental systems.

EPA’s Stormwater Calculator Gets An Update

EPA's stormwater calculator is now available as a mobile web application.

Swimming Upstream: Research to Protect Salmon Habitat in the Columbia River

EPA scientists in Corvallis, Oregon, are creating detailed digital models of local river systems and tracking populations of salmon and steelhead as they migrate upstream.

Meet EPA Environmental Engineer Joseph Wood

Joseph works in EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center. His research focuses primarily on developing and testing decontamination techniques to inactivate spores of Bacillus anthracis, the cause of anthrax disease.

EPA Researchers Work with Oklahoma Partners to Evaluate Ecological Conditions of Wadeable Streams and Restore Valuable Water Resources

EPA researchers worked with partners in Oklahoma to refine their current biological indices. The goal of this effort was to improve bioassessments based on fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in wadeable streams throughout the state.

Linking Minnesota Land Cover Changes to Drinking Water Treatment

EPA scientists are working with communities in Minnesota to look at the effects of land cover changes on drinking water treatment.

May 28 Webinar on Air Quality and Healthy Hearts: Progress and Remaining Challenges

Join our May 28 webinar that will highlight EPA research and new findings on the impacts of air pollution on the cardiovascular system.

Peer Review of EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Di-isodecyl Phthalate (DIDP) and Draft Hazard Assessments for Di-isononyl Phthalate (DINP)

This pages contains information about the U.S. EPA's peer review of the Agency's draft risk evaluations for Di-isodecyl Phthalate (DIDP) and Di-isononyl Phthalate (DINP).

Guidance for Human Health Risk Assessments for Pesticides

The documents listed on this page guide EPA in conducting human health risk assessments for pesticides.