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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.

EPA works to ensure that:

• Americans have clean air, land and water;
• National efforts to reduce environmental risks are based on the best available scientific information;
• Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended;
• Environmental stewardship is integral to U.S. policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing environmental policy;
• All parts of society--communities, individuals, businesses, and state, local and tribal governments--have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively participate in managing human health and environmental risks;
• Contaminated lands and toxic sites are cleaned up by potentially responsible parties and revitalized; and
• Chemicals in the marketplace are reviewed for safety.

To accomplish this mission, the EPA develops and enforces regulations. When Congress writes an environmental law, the EPA implements it by writing regulations. Often, it sets national standards that states and tribes enforce through their own regulations. If they fail to meet the national standards, EPA can help them. EPA also enforces its regulations, and it helps companies understand the requirements. Source: EPA

Resources

• EPA Home Page
• Environmental Protection Agency Regulations and Descriptions
• Selected EPA-Registered Disinfectants
• Pesticide Product and Label System
• Dental Effluent Guidelines
• Links to Hazardous Waste Programs and U.S. State Environmental Agencies
• Medical Waste

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