Environmental Protection Agency - EPA

A Agência de Proteção Ambiental é um órgão do governo americano que tem como missão proteger a saúde humana e o meio ambiente. O site disponibiliza informações sobre a agência, programas, leis e regulamentos, publicações, banco de dados, etc

Pesticide Safety Programs

The homepage of U.S EPA Pesticide Safety Programs. This site is intended for pesticide workers, health care providers and the general public by providing an introductory information and links to further resources available. Includes links to standards and regulations for worker protection, programs and intiatives, and additional resources.

Declaration of the Environment Leaders of the Eight on Children's Environmental Health

It presents the integral text of the Declaration on the protection on children against environmental threats.

Fact sheet: EPA and HUD move to protect children from lead-based paint poisoning; disclosure of lead-based paint hazards in housing

Rules to be followed by sellers, landlords and agents during sales and rentals of housing built before 1978, for preventing lead-based paint hazards. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader needed.

Integrated Risk Information System - IRIS.

Electronic data base containing information onhuman health effects that may result from exposure to various chemicals in the environment. Contains descriptive and quantitative information in: oral reference doses and inhalation reference concentrations (RfDs and RfCs, respectively) for chronic noncarcinogenic health effects; and hazard identification, oral slope factors, and oral and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects.

Grupo de trabajo de residuos sólidos y peligrosos

Describe el funcionamiento del programa fronterizo de la EPA bajo el marco del programa Frontera XXI, dirigido a los problemas ambientales que ocurren a lo largo de la frontera de México y Estados Unidos y coordinado a través del trabajo de nueve grupos binacionales, y enumera los alcances recientes que obtuvo el programa

Grupo de trabajo de residuos sólidos y peligrosos

Describe el funcionamiento del programa fronterizo de la EPA bajo el marco del programa Frontera XXI, dirigido a los problemas ambientales que ocurren a lo largo de la frontera de México y Estados Unidos y coordinado a través del trabajo de nueve grupos binacionales, y enumera los alcances recientes que obtuvo el programa

Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling - CEAM.

EPA's Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling provides proven predictive exposure assessment techniques for aquatic, terrestrial, and multimedia pathways for organic chemicals and metals, and distributes Environmental Simulation Models and Databases for urban and rural nonpoints sources, conventional and toxic pollution of streams, lakes and estuaries, tidal hydrodynamics, geochemical equilibrium, and aquatic food chain bioaccumulation.

EPA National Library Network Program.

Directory of on-line libraries in the EPA's Headquarters, Regional Offices, Research Centers, and specialized laboratories located throughout the USA.

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics - OPPT.

Information about chemicals potential risks, lead and other chemicals at home, labeling, exposure assessment, prevention programs and projects, educational materials, and legislation. It allows access to databases and electronic publications.

Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances - OPPTS.

OPPTS provides information related to pollution, poisoning and exposure prevention, chemical hazards, pesticides (regulation; use; on food), and toxic substances (risk reduction; testing; regulation), and allows access to educational material, databases and environmental test methods and guidelines.

Browse EPA Topics

This page organizes topics organized into broad categories, like a book's table of contents. You can also find topics in alphabetical order, like a book's index.

Worker Protection Standard - WPS Part 170: pesticide applicator and worker safety.

WPS is intended to reduce the risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries among agricultural workers who are exposed to pesticide residues, and the risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries among pesticide handlers who may face more hazardous levels of exposure, and itcontains requirements for pesticide safetytraining, notification of pesticide applications, use of personal protectiveequipment, restricted entry intervals following pesticide application, decontamination supplies, and emergency medical assistance.

How to read a pesticide label ...and why.

It strengthens the importance of read, understand and follow the instructions contained in the pesticide labels.

Consumer Labeling Initiative - CLI.

CLI is a voluntary, cooperative effort to foster pollution prevention, empower consumer choice, and improve understanding by presenting clear,consistent, and useful safe use, environmental, and health information on household consumerproduct labels.

Read the label first.

EPA has created a label with pop-up text thatexplains the basic statements found on pesticideproduct labels. As you pass your mouse pointer over the different parts of the label a window will open and provide an explanation of the label statement.

Pesticides and food: how we test for safety?

It answers the most common questions about food and pesticides, and it gives useful food handling tips. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.

What is a pesticide?

It defines what is a pesticide, and presents some common kinds of pesticides and their functions. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.

Terms of environment.

It defines in non-technical language the morecommonly used environmental terms (from Abandoned well to Zero Air) and abbreviations and acronysms appearing in EPA publications, news releases, and other Agency documents available to the general public, students, the media, and Agency employees .