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EPA

New "Water You Waiting For" Video

Posted Wed, 2010/06/02 - 9:48am by RCAP

A new video, "Water You Waiting For" is now available for viewing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website. Produced by EPA as part of the agency's efforts to promote water sector careers as green jobs, the "Water You Waiting For" video is designed for high school and vocational students.

EPA adds more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities to public database

Posted Thu, 2010/05/20 - 5:01pm by RCAP

Unprecedented access provided for the first time

WASHINGTON – As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s commitment to increase public access to information on chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to a public database called Envirofacts.

Report released on pharmaceutical mail-back pilot program funded by EPA

Posted Thu, 2010/05/20 - 3:44pm by RCAP

Agency provided $150,000 grant to University of Maine’s Center on Aging to undertake study