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EPA Strengthens Protections for Participants in Third Party Human Studies Involving Pesticides
2013-02-08 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Lisa P. Jackson signed amendments strengthening existing standards for human research involving pesticides submitted by third parties for consideration in EPA decision-making. Amendments broaden scope and applicability of EPA 2006 rule, strengthening standards for research considered in EPA decisions; clarifying approach used in EPA's science and ethics reviews of human research involving pesticides; and disallowing participation in testing by subjects who cannot consent for themselves. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA to issue climate change plan Friday
2013-02-07 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency is set to unveil a plan to counter the effects of climate change. The draft EPA Climate Change Adaptation Plan, to be published for public consideration in Fridays edition of the Federal Register, is meant to guide the agencys response to global warming, which it says is occurring at a rapidly increasing rate. Until now, EPA has been able to assume that climate is relatively stable and future climate would mirror past climate, reads a notice previewing...
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Groups Urge EPA to Resume Legal Action in Fracking Water Contamination Case
2013-02-07 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: style="margin-top: 0px;"> Earthworks Conservation and citizen groups from Texas and around the country today sent a letter calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Ron Curry to resume legal action against Range Resources for polluting the drinking water of homeowners near its operations in Weatherford, Texas. The letter also calls upon the EPA to require the company to immediately supply clean drinking water to homeowners whose wells were polluted during...
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EPA Provides Technical Assistance to 43 Communities to Meet their Sustainability Goals
2013-02-07 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA announced that 43 communities will receive technical assistance to pursue sustainable growth that encourages local economic development while safeguarding people's health and environment. EPA staff and national experts will conduct workshops that focus on sustainability goal each community chose in initial application. Agency offered 9 tools this year, including Green Building Toolkit, Land Use Strategies to Protect Water Quality, and Using Smart Growth to Produce Economic and Fiscal ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA Releases State Enforcement Performance Information and Comparative Maps
2013-02-07 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA released state dashboards and comparative maps that provide information about performance of state and EPA enforcement and compliance programs across USA. Dashboards and maps include state-level data from past 5 years and provide such information as number of completed inspections, types of violations found, enforcement actions taken, and penalties assessed by state. Users can also customize dashboards to view state activity, EPA activity, or combined activity. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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