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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 Posts Pesticide Incident Data Publicly

  Data Sets Include 10 Years of Incidents and Planned Monthly Updates

  EPA News Release: EPA Posts Pesticide Incident Data Publicly

  • Release Date: July 27, 2023

• EPA Seeks Input on Expansion of the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment Programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Input on Expansion of the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment Programs

  • Release Date: July 25, 2023

• EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Herbicide Use

  Strategy aims to increase efficiencies while supporting farmers, herbicide users with continued use of important pesticide tools

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Herbicide Use

  • Release Date: July 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Workplace Safety Requirements for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Worker Health, Fenceline Communities

  Proposal would also ban discontinued uses so they cannot restart

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Workplace Safety Requirements for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Worker Health, Fenceline Communities

  • Release Date: July 17, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes to Strengthen Lead Paint Standards to Protect Against Childhood Lead Exposure

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes to Strengthen Lead Paint Standards to Protect Against Childhood Lead Exposure

  • Release Date: July 12, 2023

• La administración Biden-Harris propone fortalecer las normas de pintura con plomo para proteger contra la exposición infantil al plomo

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La administración Biden-Harris propone fortalecer las normas de pintura con plomo para proteger contra la exposición infantil al plomo

  • Release Date: July 12, 2023

• EPA and HUD Seeking Presenters for Virtual Workshop on Revisiting Definition of Lead-Based Paint

  EPA News Release: EPA and HUD Seeking Presenters for Virtual Workshop on Revisiting Definition of Lead-Based Paint

  • Release Date: July 11, 2023

• EPA Takes Another Step to Protect the Public from Asbestos Exposure by Finalizing Rule to Require Comprehensive Reporting

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Another Step to Protect the Public from Asbestos Exposure by Finalizing Rule to Require Comprehensive Reporting

  • Release Date: July 6, 2023