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• EPA Proposes to Expand Public Access to Information on More Than One Hundred PFAS “Forever Chemicals” and Support Needed Pollution Prevention Efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Expand Public Access to Information on More Than One Hundred PFAS “Forever Chemicals” and Support Needed Pollution Prevention Efforts

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Protect Farmworkers, Families and Communities from Pesticide Exposures

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Protect Farmworkers, Families and Communities from Pesticide Exposures

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• EPA Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Farmworker Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Farmworker Communities

  • Release Date: October 1, 2024

• EPA Announces Winners of the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Winners of the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: September 26, 2024

• EPA Announces 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: September 24, 2024

• EPA Awards $1M in Research Funding to Implement Drinking Water Treatment for Manganese in Small Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1M in Research Funding to Implement Drinking Water Treatment for Manganese in Small Communities

  • Release Date: September 13, 2024

• EPA Calls for Nominations for 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Calls for Nominations for 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: August 29, 2024

• EPA Announces Voluntary Cancellation for the Pesticide Dacthal

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Voluntary Cancellation for the Pesticide Dacthal

  • Release Date: August 28, 2024

• EPA Finalizes First-of-its-Kind Strategy to Protect 900 Endangered Species from Herbicides

  Strategy reflects extensive input of growers and other pesticide users

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes First-of-its-Kind Strategy to Protect 900 Endangered Species from Herbicides

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• EPA Strengthens the Safer Choice Standard for Commercial and Household Cleaning Products

  Updated label criteria for products will make it easier for consumers to identify safer, more sustainable options

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens the Safer Choice Standard for Commercial and Household Cleaning Products

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Label Program to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Cleaner Construction Materials

  Program will support the Administration’s initiative to “Buy Clean” construction materials from U.S. manufacturers as part of the Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Label Program to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Cleaner Construction Materials

  • Release Date: August 7, 2024

• EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Numerous Consumer and Workplace Uses of Cancer-causing 1-Bromopropane to Protect Public Health

  EPA proposal is latest action under nation’s premier chemical safety law, ensuring worker protections and advancing President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Numerous Consumer and Workplace Uses of Cancer-causing 1-Bromopropane to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: July 31, 2024

• EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  EPA proposes to begin evaluations on five harmful chemicals, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to deliver environmental justice, end cancer as we know it

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024