Science & Technology

Region 8 Superfund Technical Guidance: Evaluating and Identifying Contaminants of Concern for Human Health

Regional guidance intended to clarify the evaluation process for selecting contaminants of concern for the human health risk baseline risk assessment process at Superfund sites. Sep. 1994

Presenter's Manual for Superfund Risk Assessment and How You Can Help

This manual was prepared to guide EPA staff during public presentations of the 40-minute videotape.

Release of Guidance for Developing Ecological Soil Screening Levels

These nine contaminant-specific documents and all the supporting attachments for the guidance are available at http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecossl/

Cooperative Training Partnership in Aquatic Toxicology and Ecology Research Request for Applications (RFA)

Request for applications to research aquatic toxicology and ecology

Research Training Programs for College and University Students Request for Applications (RFA)

This RFA is aimed towards undergraduate and graduate students to learn how to conduct EPA led research

EPA Research in Colorado

EPA researchers are working hard to protect communities across the nation. Learn about some of the work EPA researchers are doing in Colorado.

EPA Research in Arizona

EPA researchers are working hard to protect communities across the nation. Learn about some of the work EPA researchers are doing in Arizona.

EPA Research in Alaska

EPA researchers are working hard to protect communities across the nation. Learn about some of the work EPA researchers are doing in Alaska.

UV Filters in Sunscreens and Aquatic Environmental Health

The ultraviolet (UV) filters used in sunscreens are an emerging contaminant of possible concern for aquatic environments. EPA scientists are working to understand how these filters impact aquatic organisms, with a focus on coral reefs.

Chicago Heights/Missouri Metals Facility, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri – Fact Sheet, July 2022

Public Comment Period for Proposed Remedy and Public Availability Session

Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB)-Containing Fluorescent Light Ballasts (FLBs) in School Buildings

PCB-Containing Fluorescent Light Ballasts (FLBs) in School Buildings
A Guide for School Administrators, Building Owners and Managers and Maintenance Personnel

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2006 Greener Reaction Conditions Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2006 award winner, Codexis, directed the evolution of three "designer" enzymes to produce the key chiral building block for atorvastatin, the active ingredient in the drug Lipitor.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2008 Designing Greener Chemicals Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2008 award winner, Dow AgroSciences, used an artificial neural network to discover spinetoram, an improved spinosad biopesticide to replace organophosphates for key pests of fruit trees.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2007 Small Business Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2007 award winner, NovaSterilis, invented a way to sterilize delicate biological materials such as graft tissue without harming them, using supercritical carbon dioxide and a peroxide.

Green Chemistry Challenge: 2022 Small Business Award

Green Chemistry Challenge 2022 award winners

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2012 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2012 award winner, Codexis and Professor Yi Tang, developed a synthesis for the high cholesterol drug, simvastatin, using an engineered acyltransferase enzyme and a low-cost acyl donor as a feedstock.

U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories: Printing Case Study

The U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), New Mexico quantified the costs
associated with individual desktop printing devices, for comparison with costs associated with using
networked copiers as printers

Safety and Waste Management for SAM Pathogen Methods

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

Safety and Waste Management for SAM Biotoxin Methods

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

Need to Know: Anticipating the Public's Questions During a Water Emergency

get information on how to respond to the public during water emergency