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• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene

  Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene

  • Release Date: December 9, 2024

• EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  Final amendments will ensure that new PFAS and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals are subject to safety review process prior to manufacture

  EPA News Release: EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  • Release Date: December 4, 2024

• EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

  • Release Date: December 2, 2024

• EPA Grants Petition to Order Testing on Human Health Hazards of PFAS

  EPA News Release: EPA Grants Petition to Order Testing on Human Health Hazards of PFAS

  • Release Date: December 28, 2021

• Federal Interagency Working Group Reconvened to Improve Protections for Endangered Species and Enhance Transparency

  EPA News Release: Federal Interagency Working Group Reconvened to Improve Protections for Endangered Species and Enhance Transparency

  • Release Date: November 3, 2021

• EPA Announces Next Steps to Enhance Scientific Integrity and Strengthen New Chemical Safety Reviews

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Next Steps to Enhance Scientific Integrity and Strengthen New Chemical Safety Reviews

  • Release Date: October 14, 2021

• EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• La EPA lanza una iniciativa en todo el país para reducir la exposición al plomo en las comunidades marginadas

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA lanza una iniciativa en todo el país para reducir la exposición al plomo en las comunidades marginadas

  • Release Date: September 27, 2021

• EPA Launches Nationwide Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure in Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Nationwide Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure in Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: September 27, 2021

• 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 Takes Action to Address Risk from Chlorpyrifos and Protect Children’s Health

  EPA measures will stop the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Risk from Chlorpyrifos and Protect Children’s Health

  • Release Date: August 18, 2021

• EPA Releases Preliminary Data for 2020 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting, Including First Ever Reporting on PFAS

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Preliminary Data for 2020 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting, Including First Ever Reporting on PFAS

  • Release Date: July 29, 2021