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• 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

• 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 Voluntary Cancellation for the Pesticide Dacthal

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

  • Release Date: August 28, 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 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 Plan to Protect Endangered Species and Support Sustainable Agriculture

  New comprehensive workplan will further species conservation while improving certainty for farmers, local public health agencies, and other pesticide users

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plan to Protect Endangered Species and Support Sustainable Agriculture

  • Release Date: April 12, 2022

• EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: September 22, 2021

• EPA Selects Recipients of Nearly $12 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Recipients of Nearly $12 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

  EPA’s ban is the first rule to be finalized under new Toxic Substance Control Act process, marking historic milestone for nation’s chemical safety efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

  • Release Date: March 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Reforms to New Chemical Review Process to Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  Proposal removes low volume and exposure exemptions for new PFAS and other persistent chemicals, ensuring robust safety review

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Reforms to New Chemical Review Process to Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  • Release Date: May 16, 2023

• EPA Proposes Low-Priority Substances Under TSCA, Meets Another TSCA Milestone

  Ultimate designations will allow EPA to focus its risk evaluation efforts on chemical substances that have a significant impact on public health and the environment.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Low-Priority Substances Under TSCA, Meets Another TSCA Milestone

  • Release Date: August 13, 2019

• TRI Data Show Improved Environmental Performance by Manufacturing Sector as Economy Grows

  EPA Publishes 2017 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  EPA News Release: TRI Data Show Improved Environmental Performance by Manufacturing Sector as Economy Grows

  • Release Date: March 5, 2019

• Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Toxic Chemical Releases in 2021 Remained Below Pre-Pandemic Levels According to New Toxics Release Inventory Data

  EPA News Release: Toxic Chemical Releases in 2021 Remained Below Pre-Pandemic Levels According to New Toxics Release Inventory Data

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• EPA Marks National Pollinator Week by Launching Pilot Projects and Resources Portal to Help Protect Vulnerable Species from Pesticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Marks National Pollinator Week by Launching Pilot Projects and Resources Portal to Help Protect Vulnerable Species from Pesticides

  • Release Date: June 21, 2022