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Subject Areas
Asbestos -- Asbestos is a mineral fiber regulated under a special area of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) -- AEGLs describe the dangers to humans resulting from short-term exposure to airborne chemicals. The National Advisory Committee for AEGLs is developing these guidelines to help both federal and local authorities, as well as private companies, deal with emergencies involving spills, or other accidental exposures.
Chemical Right-to-Know -- An ambitious effort to come up with accurate information on high volume chemicals by rapidly testing chemicals and making this important data available to scientists, policy makers, industry, and the public.
Chemical Testing and Information Gathering -- Under TSCA, EPA has broad authority to issue regulations designed to gather health/safety and exposure information on, require testing of, and control exposure to chemical substances and mixtures.
Community Assistance Homepage -- a resource for citizens and community groups to find tools and information for improving the environmental quality of their community.
Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) -- A voluntary, cooperative effort of government, industry, and other groups to foster pollution prevention, empower consumer choice, and improve understanding by making it easier for consumers to find, read, and understand label information.
Cost of Illness Handbook -- It gives regulatory analysts a quick and resource-saving estimate of the lower bound cost of medical care for a number of environmentally-related illnesses. Specifically, this web page contains information on the per capita incremental direct medical costs associated with the various illnesses linked to environmental pollutants.
Design for the Environment (DfE) -- Building on the "design for the environment" concept pioneered by industry, DfE helps businesses incorporate environmental considerations into the design and redesign of products, processes, and technical and management systems.
Economic Analysis -- OPPT conducts economic analyses as part of its decision making process. These analyses include market studies, financial feasibility studies, and industry sector studies.
Environmental Accounting Program (EAP) -- EAP's mission is to encourage and motivate business to understand the full spectrum of their environmental costs, and integrate these costs into decision making.
Environmental Justice through Pollution Prevention (EJP2) -- Through this program, EPA has provided financial assistance to help minority and low-income communities address their environmental concerns in a new way-through pollution prevention. Industry, small businesses, farmers, teachers, students, and residents across diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds have learned firsthand the value of pollution prevention in reducing environmental risks within their communities.
Environmental Labeling -- This website offers information about environmental labeling issues, policies and practices worldwide.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) -- EPP is a federal-wide program that encourages and assists Executive agencies in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and Services.
Exposure Assessment Tools and Models -- OPPT has developed Several exposure assessment methods, databases, and predictive models to help evaluate what happens to chemicals when they are used and released into the environment; and how workers, the general public, consumers and the aquatic ecosystems may be exposed to chemicals.
Green Buildings -- Green or sustainable building is the practice of creating healthier and more resource-efficient models of construction, renovation, operation, maintenance, and demolition.
Green Chemistry -- Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that are more environmentally benign, for pollution prevention purposes.
Green Engineering -- Green engineering is the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products, which are feasible and economical while minimizing the generation of pollution at the source and the risk to human health and the environment.
Green Meetings -- Green meetings help meet your meetings planning needs while minimizing negative impacts on the environment. EPA and it's partners have developed a number of opportunities for conference planners and suppliers (e.g., hoteliers, convention centers, and food service providers) that can help reduce pollution, energy use, and water use at a conference.
Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) -- An independent advisory committee to the EPA Administrator representing 15 U.S. Government organizations. It reviews TSCA-regulated chemicals to determine which need environmental and health effects and fate test data.
International Activities -- OPPT is an active partner with the Department of State and other U.S. agencies in a number of international activities.
Inventory Update Rule (IUR) -- The rule requires manufacturers and importers of certain chemical substances included on the TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory to report current data on the production volume, plant site, and Site-limited Status of these substances.
Lead Programs -- Access to information on all aspects of the Federal lead poisoning prevention program, with a special focus on the efforts within EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT).
Metabolic Engineering Working Group (MEWG) -- The MEWG is comprised of representatives from eight federal agencies who work together to facilitate assistance to those investigating application of metabolic engineering principles in a wide range of areas.
New Chemicals -- EPA's New Chemicals Program was established to help manage the potential risk from chemicals new to the marketplace.
National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC) -- NPPTAC will provide advice and recommendations on the overall policy and operations of programs undertaken by the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT).
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Fluorinated Telomers -- On April 14, 2003, EPA released a preliminary risk assessment on PFOA, and started a public process to identify and generate additional information to strengthen the risk assessment. EPA also invited interested parties to monitor or participate in negotiations on one or more enforceable consent agreements (ECAs) to obtain additional data concerning PFOA and fluorinated telomers which may metabolize or degrade to PFOA.
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Pollutants (PBTs) -- EPA is forging a new approach to reduce risks from and exposures to priority PBT chemicals through increased coordination among EPA national and regional programs.
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Pollutants (PBTs) Profiler The PBT Profiler (available at www.pbtprofiler.net) is a no cost, online PBT screening methodology. The PBT Profiler is a subset of methods included in the P2 Framework, which is an approach to risk screening that incorporates pollution prevention principles in the design and development of chemicals.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) -- Concern over the toxicity and persistence in the environment of PCBs led to Section 6(e) of TSCA that included among other things, prohibitions on the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of PCBs.
Pollution Prevention -- The Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) of 1990 made pollution prevention the national environmental policy of the United States. At EPA, pollution prevention means source reduction -- preventing or reducing waste where it originates.
Pollution Prevention (P2) Framework -- The P2 Framework is an approach to risk screening that incorporates pollution prevention principles in the design and development of chemicals. The objective of the P2 Framework approach is to inform decision making at early stages of development and promote the selection and application of safer chemicals and processes.
Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators -- A computer-based (Windows 3.1+) model that permits screening-level analysis of risk-related impacts of toxic chemical releases and transfers in the U.S.
Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) -- A trade association comprised of small, mid-sized and large automotive and vehicle suppliers who are working in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create new and innovative business-centered approaches to environmental protection that improve the environment while providing value to the participants. Please see the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) press release for more information.
- Tribal Programs -- a program to communicate with Native American Indian tribes in a better way and to build more effective partnerships with these tribes in protecting and Safeguarding the environment.
TSCA Biotechnology Program -- This site was created to allow more efficient public, governmental and educational access to the TSCA Biotechnology Program.
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