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Local Foods, Local Places' community-driven approach unleashes local creative minds to envision innovative paths to overcome the complex legacies of social and environmental problems and inequities.
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Local Foods, Local Places' community-driven approach unleashes local creative minds to envision innovative paths to overcome the complex legacies of social and environmental problems and inequities.
Meet some returned Peace Corps Volunteers who now work at EPA.
Designing communities with safe, walkable streets in mind adds to the quality of life and economic vitality of cities and towns.
A toxicologist with the Safer Choice program finds a label in the place she needed it the most.
An overview of the work of PEHSUs, a network of pediatricians, nurses, health educators and other health professionals with special expertise in the prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of health issues that arise from environmental exposures.
Steph Bertaina provides a personal introduction to the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.
The EPA’s mission is mirrored in our interactions with community members and civic leaders and is evident when we tackle some of our most challenging problems.
Data visualization tools or apps help to visually display many years of information using more than just a static map, scatter plot or table.
With the arrival of long summer days spent outdoors in the heat, it is more important than ever to pay attention to extreme heat and children’s health.
During your spring cleaning this year, EPA’s Green Team hopes you will consider the four Rs and contemplate the impact your shopping habits have on the environment.
Each change in habit, no matter how small, can make an impact. I wanted to make sure that our visit left an impression and helped encourage lasting change in the Earth’s youngest environmentalists.
There is no known safe level of lead exposure without harmful effects, and even low levels of lead exposure may cause lifelong health problems.
For me, being a Hispanic EPA employee means being a part of the next generation of change agents – following the footsteps of the minority leaders who have made such a difference at our Agency.
The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal is a wonderful way to acknowledge the hard work that federal employees do, day in and day out, and highlight some of our critical actions.
As teachers, staff, and students all get ready to head back to the classroom, it’s also important to ensure that our schools welcome these important people back into a healthy learning environment.