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• EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution

  • Release Date: January 14, 2025

• EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: January 3, 2025

• 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 Boosts Workforce Training in Underserved and Overburdened Communities, Invests Nearly $7.7 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Boosts Workforce Training in Underserved and Overburdened Communities, Invests Nearly $7.7 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  Strategy to spur domestic and international action to protect communities affected by plastic from production to waste

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  • Release Date: November 21, 2024

• EPA Highlights Progress Achieved to Reduce Waste and Conserve Resources on America Recycles Day

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Progress Achieved to Reduce Waste and Conserve Resources on America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2024

• EPA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Salmon from Chemical Used in Rubber Products

  EPA advances process under Toxic Substances Control Act in response to Tribal petition

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Salmon from Chemical Used in Rubber Products

  • Release Date: November 14, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces 48 Selectees for Nearly $19 Million in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces 48 Selectees for Nearly $19 Million in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• EPA Strengthens Standards to Protect Children from Exposure to Lead Paint Dust

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Standards to Protect Children from Exposure to Lead Paint Dust

  • Release Date: October 24, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Cancellation of the Pesticide Dacthal

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cancellation of the Pesticide Dacthal

  • Release Date: October 22, 2024