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Emergency Response Research

EPA's emergency response and homeland security research provides science and technology needed to effectively respond to and recover from disasters. Natural and man-made disasters, whether intentional or unintentional, can result in contamination that threatens human health, the environment, and our economy. Communities must be resilient to avoid such catastrophes. Resilience requires scientific information to support good decisions.

Read about EPA's research on COVID-19 in the environment.

Register for EPA's Decon Conference!

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EPA's International Decontamination Research & Development Conference (Virtual)

November 1-5, 2021

The conference is free to attend but attendance is limited. Registration is first-come, first-served. Register online.

Additional information on the conference and the full schedule are available on the conference website. Visit the Decon Conference website.

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