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To clean approximately 1,300 hazardous sites, the US reinstated Superfund taxes
Two long-expired excise levies on 42 chemicals and products derived from them are being reinstated by the US government. More than 1300 polluting sites in the US will be decontaminated with the help of the anticipated $14.4 billion (£12 billion) in revenue.
The "Superfund&quo...
The planned asbestos ban by the US EPA is being opposed by the industry
Imports of chrysotile asbestos, which is only used in the Chlor-alkali sector, would be prohibited in the United States under a groundbreaking regulation proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency on April 5. The regulation would also make it illegal to import asbestos-containing items su...
WHO and EPA Partner for Protecting Public Health
The World Health Organization and the US Environmental Protection Agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for five years for the continued collaboration of the two organizations on a wide range of health and environment issues, particularly air and water pollution, children’s healt...
Harmful Impacts of Ethylene Oxide
Jennifer Jinot spent 26 years in the US Environmental Protection Agency and assessed the impacts of toxic chemicals on human beings.
She analyzed the effects of exposure to secondhand smoke and waited in frustration for four years before the final risk assessment was published in 1993. ...