Search News Releases

Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 results

• 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 Makes Trends in Domestic Chemical Production and Imports More Accessible to the Public with the First Ever Chemical Data Reporting National Review

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes Trends in Domestic Chemical Production and Imports More Accessible to the Public with the First Ever Chemical Data Reporting National Review

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• Las emisiones de sustancias químicas tóxicas en 2021 se mantuvieron por debajo de los niveles anteriores a la pandemia según los nuevos datos del Inventario de Emisiones Tóxicas

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: Las emisiones de sustancias químicas tóxicas en 2021 se mantuvieron por debajo de los niveles anteriores a la pandemia según los nuevos datos del Inventario de Emisiones Tóxicas

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• 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 Announces Accelerated Action on Four Organophosphate Pesticides Based on Updated Exposure Assessments

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Accelerated Action on Four Organophosphate Pesticides Based on Updated Exposure Assessments

  • Release Date: March 15, 2023

• EPA Opens Application Period for Grant Supporting Education and Training for Pesticide Applicators

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Application Period for Grant Supporting Education and Training for Pesticide Applicators

  • Release Date: March 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $16 Million for Pollution Prevention in Environmental Justice Communities

  EPA grants made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support businesses in developing and adopting pollution prevention practices that advance environmental justice and protect underserved communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $16 Million for Pollution Prevention in Environmental Justice Communities

  • Release Date: March 8, 2023