Science & Technology
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EPA Tools Help Local Decision-Makers Deal with Waste Resulting from Major Natural Disasters
Following a natural disaster, communities can face an unexpected challenge: what to do with the tons of waste and debris left behind.
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New EPA Citizen Science Quality Assurance Handbook Provides Best Practices for Citizen Science Projects
To help citizen scientists improve data quality, EPA has created a new Quality Assurance handbook to be used with accompanying templates and examples for citizen science.
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Scaling Back: EPA Researchers Help Communities Protect Drinking Water Systems from Lead
EPA researchers are leading research to better understand the dynamics of water chemistry, treatment, and infrastructure to help facility managers and local communities keep lead out of drinking water.
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EPA Science at 50: Progress for a Stronger Future
This year marks EPA’s 50th Anniversary. Science has played an integral part in the agency’s many successes in advancing its mission to protect public health and safeguard the natural environment.
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EPA Researchers Help Water Systems Keep Lead out of Drinking Water
If you have lead service lines, limiting corrosion is a necessary step to reduce lead exposure from drinking water.
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The Species Sensitivity Distribution Toolbox: A New Tool to Identify and Protect Vulnerable Species
EPA scientists have developed the Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) Toolbox to help risk assessors determine safe limits of chemical exposure.
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Researchers Assess Roadside Vegetation Barriers with a Suite of Air Monitors
EPA researchers are using innovative air monitoring approaches to learn more about how solid and vegetation barriers reduce exposure to harmful roadside air pollution.
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Celebrating Women's History Month
March is Women’s History Month! To celebrate, learn about some of the women working in EPA’s Office of Research and Development to protect human health and the environment.
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EPA Researchers Share Scientific Progress at Society of Toxicology 2021 Annual Meeting
Annually, EPA researchers participate in the Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting and will continue sharing EPA science in SOT’s 2021 virtual environment
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EPA Deploys Mobile Labs to Work with Texas to Restore Drinking Water Systems
EPA relies on a substantial network of high-quality, in-house, scientific expertise and laboratory capabilities across its regions, programs, and offices to fulfill its mission.
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Advancing EPA’s Understanding of the Next Generation of Pesticides
To help the Agency evaluate nanopesticides, an EPA research team conducted an exhaustive search for patents and published literature related to nanopesticides to understand the state-of-the-science.
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New EPA Citizen Science Quality Assurance Handbook Provides Best Practices for Citizen Science Projects
EPA has created a new Quality Assurance handbook to be used with accompanying templates and examples for citizen science.
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Meet EPA Scientist Susan Yee, Ph.D.
Susan Yee, Ph.D., is an ecologist at EPA's Gulf Ecology Division. She is working on the Puerto Rico Sustainable Communities program, developing decision support tools to evaluate how alternative decisions impact coastal ecosystem goods and services
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Meet EPA Researcher Amber Sample, MS
Amber is an ORISE (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education) participant with the Great Lakes National Program office. She is interested in understanding people’s perspective and behaviors toward natural resources and how it relates to protection and
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EPA Researchers Showcase Research Capabilities to Local and National Media
EPA recently hosted members of local and national media on a tour of the unique research complex, where they discussed several topics including PFAS in drinking water, lead service lines, and legionella in premise plumbing.
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EPA Extends Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with New Zealand Company to Advance Air Sensor Technologies
EPA has extended a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Aeroqual, a New Zealand-based company specializing in the development of air quality monitoring equipment.
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Meet EPA Hydrologist Jon Fields
EPA hydrologist Jon Fields studies groundwater quality, quantity, and flow. His current research includes expanded use of geophysics for characterizing an Enhanced Aquifer Recharge (EAR) site, application of electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) to a variet
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Meet EPA CSS National Program Director, Annette Guiseppi-Elie, PhD, FAIMBE
Dr. Annette Guiseppi-Elie is the Associate Director for Science at EPA’s Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE) in the Office of Research and Development. Learn more about her work.
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In the Field with EPA: Monitoring the Impact of Wildfires and Woodsmoke on Indoor Air Quality
EPA researchers are working with Tribal and community partners on a multi-faceted study to develop new solutions and approaches for reducing wildfire smoke exposures.
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Thankful for Science
We’re thankful for our hardworking researchers that contribute to EPA’s mission to protect human and environmental health. Read about what some of our researchers are thankful for this year.