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• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Ban on Most Uses of Methylene Chloride, Protecting Workers and Communities from Fatal Exposure

  Rule requires stronger worker safety requirements for remaining industrial uses

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Ban on Most Uses of Methylene Chloride, Protecting Workers and Communities from Fatal Exposure

  • Release Date: April 30, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Stronger Chemical Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Stronger Chemical Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Cut PFAS from U.S. Government Custodial Contracts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Cut PFAS from U.S. Government Custodial Contracts

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA warns farmworkers about risks of Dacthal

  Agency developing next steps to address risks

  EPA News Release: EPA warns farmworkers about risks of Dacthal

  • Release Date: April 1, 2024

• EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products

  • Release Date: December 1, 2023

• EPA Proposes Stronger Rules to Protect People from Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemical Exposures

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Stronger Rules to Protect People from Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemical Exposures

  • Release Date: November 20, 2023

• EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Grants Tribal Petition to Protect Salmon from Lethal Chemical

  EPA News Release: EPA Grants Tribal Petition to Protect Salmon from Lethal Chemical

  • Release Date: November 2, 2023

• EPA Rebuilds Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program to Better Assess Human Endocrine Effects of Pesticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Rebuilds Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program to Better Assess Human Endocrine Effects of Pesticides

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks

  Proposal aligns with President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot by reducing toxic exposures known to cause cancer

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Proposes Rule to Strengthen TSCA Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Rule to Strengthen TSCA Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Release Date: October 19, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects 24 Recipients to Receive Nearly $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects 24 Recipients to Receive Nearly $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA Announces 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: October 2, 2023