We support EPA's mission and in addition our office
goals include:
- Promoting pollution prevention as the guiding principle
for controlling industrial pollution;
- Promoting safer chemicals through a combination of regulatory
and voluntary efforts;
- Promoting risk reduction so as to minimize exposure to
existing substances such as lead, asbestos, dioxin, and polychlorinated
biphenyls; and
- Promoting public understanding of risks by providing
understandable, accessible and complete information on chemical
risks to the broadest audience possible.
OPPT has the primary responsibility for administering the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Pollution Prevention Act of
1990. It also manages the Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative and
the New and Existing Chemicals programs; the Design for the Environment
(DFE), Green Chemistry, and Environmentally Preferable Products
(EPP) programs; and the Lead, Asbestos, and Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCBs) programs.
OPPT provides various paths to access
information from their program areas through
this web site. Concerned Citizens can
find information relevant to their homes, families, and workplace
and children can learn about chemicals around their houses.
Researchers can use a subject approach,
or utilize specialized tools in the Databases
and Software section. OPPT Publications may be available in
both digital and hardcopy, and you can always ask for help in locating
information from providers listed in Information
Sources.
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