All EPA articles – Page 4
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NewsEPA clears chemicals backlog
Mixed reaction to US agency’s announcement that it has ‘eliminated’ the logjam of 600 new chemicals undergoing review
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NewsTrump makes controversial pick for head of chemical safety office
White House choice for Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention – who has written stories mixing science and the Bible – is criticised for industry ties
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NewsUS environment agency delivers on chemical reform
One year after Obama enacted law to modernise chemical regulation the EPA has met its deadlines and issued the required rules
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NewsPerfluorinated chemicals in drinking water of 15 million Americans
Compounds found in 162 water systems from industrial plants, military bases and fire fighter training sites
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NewsTrump budget decried as an 'assault on science'
Dramatic cuts to key US science agencies and research programmes proposed again, but Congress will have the last word
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NewsUS environment agency advisory board in turmoil
Trump administration poised to replace almost three-quarters of EPA’s scientific advisory board with more industry-friendly picks
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NewsHuge cuts in Trump's 'skinny budget' would put science on starvation diet
The White House budget blueprint has rocked the US science community, targeting key research programmes for steep cuts and elimination
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NewsTrump’s controversial environment agency pick sworn in
After Senate confirms Scott Pruitt to head the EPA, the agency issues a statement praising him and criticising itself
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NewsInformation vacuum leaves scientists fearing the worst under Trump
Anxiety – and perhaps overreaction – has gripped many in the US science community
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NewsUS plants cut toxic fumes by 56% since 2005
Air releases of hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid by US industrial facilities fell by more than 250,000 tonnes from 2005 to 2015
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BusinessSyngenta subsidiary faces fine over pesticide exposure
US environment agency wants firm to pay $5 million after workers hospitalised after coming into contact with chlorpyrifos
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NewsTrump’s cabinet picks worry science community
Selections prompt fears of roll-back on environmental research and mass reorganisations of science agencies
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BusinessSC Johnson revisits its use of galaxolide
Concerns of environmental and health groups leads firm to review scientific data on the fragrance chemical
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NewsFive bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals fast-tracked under new US law
First test of powers of revamped Toxic Substances Control Act
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NewsGlyphosate ‘not likely’ to be carcinogenic
US environmental agency issues finding that the herbicide is unlikely to cause cancer, months after accidentally posting report online
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NewsTap water of 6 million in the US contains industrial chemicals
Study finds perfluoroalkyl substances exceeding safety limits across the country
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NewsRepublican EPA chiefs endorse Clinton
Two EPA heads who served Republican administrations disavow Trump, endorse Clinton for US president
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OpinionWhy US chemical regulation reform is so welcome
The Toxic Substances Control Act is just the beginning
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NewsObama signs law to revamp US chemical rules
A long-awaited overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act that governs America’s regulation of chemicals has been enacted