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EPA Articles and News Releases

Recent EPA Perspectives Articles:

Creating Places Where We Love to Live

Designing communities with safe, walkable streets in mind adds to the quality of life and economic vitality of cities and towns.
- Date: January 22, 2024
- By: John V. Thomas
Kicking off 2024 With Twin Birthdays and Reasons to be Thankful

A toxicologist with the Safer Choice program finds a label in the place she needed it the most.
- Date: January 16, 2024
- By: Lauren Duffy
Keeping Radon on Your Radar

This National Radon Action Month, a reminder that testing for radon can save lives.
- Date: January 11, 2024
- By: Courtney Johnson

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Recent EPA News Releases:

EPA to Host Turner Station Community Meeting to Share Information on Efforts to Improve Sparrows Point and Bear Creek

February 6 Meeting in Dundalk will highlight Bear Creek cleanup plan and EPA community efforts.

EPA News Release: EPA to Host Turner Station Community Meeting to Share Information on Efforts to Improve Sparrows Point and Bear Creek
- Release Date: February 2, 2024
EPA Issues Explanation of Significant Differences for PCE Southeast Contamination Superfund Site in York, Nebraska

Changes outlined by document are necessary for installation of remedial system

EPA News Release: EPA Issues Explanation of Significant Differences for PCE Southeast Contamination Superfund Site in York, Nebraska
- Release Date: February 2, 2024
EPA Administrator Regan Wraps up Successful Mission to Africa, Reaffirms Commitment to Partnerships in Mozambique and Ghana

EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Wraps up Successful Mission to Africa, Reaffirms Commitment to Partnerships in Mozambique and Ghana
- Release Date: February 2, 2024
EPA Works to Address Dioxin Contamination in Benton, La.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues work to address elevated levels of dioxin found in soil at an apartment complex in Benton, Louisiana.
- Release Date: February 2, 2024

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