Announcements and Schedules

EPA Updates Policy to Include All Exposures in Review of New Chemicals Under TSCA

this page has info on the release of a supplemental proposed rule on adding DINP to the TRI

EPA Solicits Proposals for the Field Implementation Meeting Support Cooperative Agreement

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to manage a Field Implementation Meetings Support program. EPA expects to provide up to $500,000 annually, depending on the Agency’s budget, for a total of

Updated Human Health Risk Analyses for Chlorpyrifos

EPA has revised the human health hazard assessment and drinking water exposure assessment for chlorpyrifos that supported our October 2015 proposal to revoke all food residue tolerances for chlorpyrifos.

Children's Environmental Health: A Workshop on Future Priorities for Environmental Health Sciences

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is hosting a free, virtual public workshop to discuss the state of science and knowledge about children's environmental health.

EPA Releases Updated Data for 2021 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the updated 2021 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data about chemical releases, chemical waste management, and pollution prevention activities that took place between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

Scientific Advisory Panel to Meet on Cancer Potential of Glyphosate (rescheduled meeting)

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) has been rescheduled and will meet December 13-16, 2016 on the cancer potential of glyphosate

EPA Grants Extension of Experimental Use Permit for ‘Wolbachia Mosquito’

EPA has approved and expanded an existing experimental use permit (EUP) for Wolbachia pipientis-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

EPA Awards Oregon State University with the National Pesticide Information Center Cooperative Agreement

EPA has awarded a cooperative agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) to support the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC).

Federal Interagency Working Group to Hold Public Meeting on Endangered Species Pesticide Issues

IWG is holding a public listening session on January 27, 2022, to hear stakeholder perspectives on improving the Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 consultation process for federal pesticide decisions.

Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017

Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017

EPA Issues Advisory on Disinfectants Making False and Misleading COVID-19 Claims

This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance released a compliance advisory on products claiming to kill SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

New EPA Guidance for Testing Pesticides Will Reduce Animal Testing

EPA is issuing guidance for requesting waivers of acute dermal toxicity testing requirements for pesticide formulations, which will lead to fewer animal tests for acute dermal toxicity for pesticides.

EPA Proposes Registration of Picarbutrazox, a New Fungicide Active Ingredient

EPA is proposing to register the new active ingredient picarbutrazox, which represents a new tool for managing resistant fungi.

EPA Releases Draft TSCA Risk Evaluations for Phthalates DBP and DEHP for Public Comment and Peer Review

On June 4, 2025, EPA released the draft risk evaluations for phthalates DBP and DEHP for public comment and peer review.

Materials for June 2024 Webinar on Final Regulation of Methylene Chloride under TSCA

Meeting materials from the June 4, 2024 webinar on the final risk management rule for methylene chloride.

Materials for June 2023 Webinar on Proposed Regulation of Methylene Chloride under TSCA

Materials page for webinar on risk management for methylene chloride

Virtual Meeting to Clarify Draft Charge Questions for High-Throughput Screens to Determine Endocrine Disruption

Event page for the upcoming Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting to discuss and possibly refine the draft charge questions on High-Throughput Screens to Determine Endocrine Disruption

• Date: November 6, 2017

Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards

EPA's Safer Choice program regularly recognizes partners for exceptional commitment to safer chemicals. This page contains information about how to apply for the current awards.

EPA Releases Draft Charge Questions for SACC Meeting on Phthalates and Memorandum on a Proposed Refinement for Estimating Phthalate (DBP) Skin Exposures

EPA is releasing the draft charge questions for discussion at the upcoming SACC meeting to review all documents released thus far on the risk evaluations of five phthalates and a memo on DBP dermal absorption data.

EPA Authorizes Emergency Exemptions for Residual Antiviral Surface Coating for Oklahoma and Arkansas

Today, EPA announced emergency exemptions for the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas allowing them to permit the use of SurfaceWise2,