Below we serve up glimpses of EPA's history in five different "flavors":
Oral History Videos
Alumni have recorded videos on a variety of subjects. Most videos are 45 to 60 minutes in length but are broken down into chapters for easier viewing. Transcripts and podcast versions of these videos are also provided. HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO PEEK YOUR INTEREST.
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Three former Region 9 employees (John Wise, Dave Calkins, and David Souten) and Bill Ruckelshaus and Mary Nichols tell the story of how EPA applied the new Clean Air Act of 1970 with its stringent standards and deadlines to the very difficult challenge of cleaning up the most polluted region in the nation--the Los Angeles Air Basin.
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Half Century of Environmental Progress
High school and college students as well as others may not know about the major environmental problems and issues encountered in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century, how they were addressed, and the importance of continued vigilance in attacking remaining and evolving issues. This history of EPA has been written for them."
From Half Century of Progress: Overview
Categories: Air: General , Air: Mobile , Air: Stationary , Enforcement , International , Pesticides , Regions , Solid Waste , States , Superfund , Toxics , Water: General
From Reducing Pesticide Risks: A Half Century of Progress
Categories: Pesticides
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EPA Journals
For many years, EPA published the "EPA Journal" with interesting articles on a very wide variety of topics. The Association is slowly digitizing and categorizing these Journals. To date we have digitized 3034 articles. HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTED ARTICLES FOR YOU TO SAMPLE.
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Pesticides and the Consumer , May. 1987
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Toward a Conserving Society , Jul. 1985
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Pesticides and the Consumer , May. 1987
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Farmers and the Environment , Mar. 1978
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Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts , Jan. 1993
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The Air You Breathe , Oct. 1978
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Searching for Environmental Safety , Nov. 1983
Categories: Health , Pesticides
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Discharging Enforcement Responsibilities , Mar. 1984
Categories: Pesticides
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EPA: The First Twenty Years, The Bald Eagle: A Treasure Preserved , Sep. 1990
Categories: Pesticides , Toxics
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
Categories: Pesticides
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Controlling Pesticide Use , Jun. 1975
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Environmental Risk , Nov. 1987
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Dawn of a New Era , Jul. 1983
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Post-Rio: The Challenge at Home , Sep. 1992
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Recreation and the Environment , Jun. 1979
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Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts , Jan. 1993
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair? , Mar. 1992
Categories: Air: General , Air: Stationary , Civil Rights , Economic Impact , Environmental Justice , Health , Lead , Pesticides , Regions , Science Advisory Board , States , Superfund , Water: Drinking
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Farmers and the Environment , Mar. 1978
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Environmental Education , Sep. 1991
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Pesticides and the Consumer , May. 1987
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Agriculture and the Environment , Apr. 1988
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Fighting Forest Pollution , Jun. 1976
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EPA and the Farmers , Apr. 1976
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Farmers and the Environment , Mar. 1978
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Pesticides and the Consumer , May. 1987
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Regulating Pesticides , Jun. 1984
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Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts , Jan. 1993
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
Categories: Pesticides
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Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue , Nov. 1985
Categories: Air: General , Congress , Education , International , Pesticides , Prevention , RCRA , States , Superfund , Toxics
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Global Perspectives , Feb. 1981
Categories: Air: General , Enforcement , Health , International , Pesticides , Policy and Planning , RCRA , Research , States , Toxics , Water: General
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Emergency Response in the Gulf and Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Home , Jul. 1991
Categories: Pesticides
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Farmers and the Environment , Mar. 1978
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection , May. 1992
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Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair? , Mar. 1992
Categories: Air: General , Children , Environmental Justice , Health , Lead , Pesticides , Solid Waste , States , Toxics , Water: Drinking
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Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair? , Mar. 1992
Categories: Air: General , Children , Civil Rights , Environmental Justice , Health , Lead , Pesticides , Policy and Planning , States , Toxics , Water: Drinking , Water: General
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Looking to the Future , May. 1978
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Furor over Offshore Drilling , Mar. 1976
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Regulating Pesticides , Jun. 1984
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Farmers and the Environment , Mar. 1978
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Health and the Environment , Mar. 1979
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Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts , Jan. 1993
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Learning Pesticide Safety , Oct. 1977
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Controlling Pesticide Use , Jun. 1975
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Farmers and the Environment , Mar. 1978
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and the Consumer , May. 1987
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NPS Pollution: Runoff of Rain and Snowmelt: Our Biggest Water Quality Problem , Nov. 1991
Categories: Pesticides , Water: General
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Pesticides and the Consumer , May. 1987
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
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Regulating Biotechnology , Oct. 1986
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Consumers and the Environment , Apr. 1987
Categories: Pesticides
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Noise and the Environment , Oct. 1979
Categories: Air: Mobile , Conservation , Enforcement , Health , Pesticides , Solid Waste , Toxics , Tribes , Water: Drinking , Water: General
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Searching for Environmental Safety , Nov. 1983
Categories: Air: General , Air: Stationary , Enforcement , Other Federal Agencies , Pesticides , Policy and Planning , Radiation , States , Toxics , Water: Drinking
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Pesticides and Food Safety , May. 1990
Categories: Pesticides
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Decade of the Environment , Nov. 1980
Categories: Pesticides
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