History of the EPA
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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Early Implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1970 in California
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.
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."
Toxic Substances: A Half Century of Progress
From Toxic Substances: A Half Century of ProgressCategories: Toxics
Half Century of Progress: Overview
From Half Century of Progress: OverviewCategories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Enforcement, International, Pesticides, Regions, Solid Waste, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
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.
EPA Roundup: Release of Toxic Chemicals Down in '93
From Looking Ahead at Environmental Education, Mar. 1995Categories: Toxics
Environmental Quality in the Western World by J. W. MacNeill
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, International, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Changes on the Hudson by Chris Perham
From Global Perspectives, Feb. 1981Categories: Conservation, Health, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General, Watersheds
Update
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, Toxics, Water: General
Looking Back; Looking Ahead: Earth Day: One View by Denis Hayes
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, International, Local Programs, Pesticides, Toxics
TSCA Compliance Program
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Enforcement, Toxics
Tackling Toxics from Motor Vehicles by Margherita Pryor
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Air: Mobile, Lead, Toxics
EPA Roundup: Ongoing Enforcement
From Making Economic and Environmental Sense: How Green Technology Works Better, Costs Less, Sep. 1994Categories: Enforcement, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics
How to Obtain Emissions Data
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Public, The, Toxics
Around the Nation
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, States, Toxics
Farm Workers: Among the Least Protected by Ivette Perfecto and Baldemar Velasquez
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Health, Pesticides, Toxics
Update
From Earth Day '80, Apr. 1980Categories: Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics
Information, Please! EPA's Hotlines by Carol Panasewich
From Consumers and the Environment, Apr. 1987Categories: Inspector General, Pesticides, Public, The, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
"Hands-On" Training for Asbestos Control by Dave Ryan
From Regulating Biotechnology, Oct. 1986Categories: Local Programs, Toxics
Cause for Immediate Concern by Ken Sexton
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Toxics
Toxic Substance Effects on Cells
From Saving the Nation's Great Water Bodies, Nov. 1990Categories: Toxics
Update
From Acid Rain: Looking Ahead, Jun. 1986Categories: Air: Mobile, Lead, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: Wetlands
Update: New Agency Developments
From Protecting Ground Water: The Hidden Resource, Jul. 1984Categories: Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, International, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Around the Nation
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Radiation, Regions, States, Toxics
Environmental Citizens
From Earth Day '80, Apr. 1980Categories: Conservation, Public, The, Toxics, Water: General
What Kind of Data Does the Public Need? A Forum
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Health, Public, The, Toxics
Update
From EPA and the Community, Dec. 1985Categories: Air: General, Health, Pesticides, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
A Spectrum of Missions: An Interview with Dr. John E. Cantlon
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Radiation, Toxics
Update
From Taking Environmental Initiatives, Apr. 1985Categories: Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Lead, Radiation, Research, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Toxics: Today's Great lakes Challenge by L. Keith Bulen
From The Great Lakes, Mar. 1985Categories: International, Toxics, Water: General
Curbing Chemical Threats
From Radioactive Wastes, Feb. 1976Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Prevention, Research, Toxics
A New Year for the Environment: The View from the Top
From A New Year for the Environment, Nov. 1982Categories: Enforcement, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Views from Former Administrators
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Congress, Education, International, Pesticides, Prevention, RCRA, States, Superfund, Toxics
Key Federal Agencies
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Education, Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Update
From Consumers and the Environment, Apr. 1987Categories: Air: Mobile, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Environmentally Speaking: Dealing with the Chemical Revolution by Douglas M. Costle
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Management of Agency, Toxics
Minnesota: Rounding Up a Dangerous Chemical by Tom Kalitowski
From Taking Environmental Initiatives, Apr. 1985Categories: States, Superfund, Toxics
Costle Proposes New Regulations by Truman Temple
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Solid Waste, Toxics
Update
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Prevention, Research, Toxics, Water: General
Other Statutory Authorities: Title III: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
From The New Superfund: Protecting People and Their Environment, Jan. 1987Categories: Policy and Planning, Public, The, States, Superfund, Toxics
EPA's Achievements: Some Highlights
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
The Love Canal Tragedy by Eckardt Beck
From The Economy and the Environment, Jan. 1979Categories: Public, The, Solid Waste, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: Industry and EPA by Douglas M. Costle
From Industry and EPA, Jan. 1978Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Health, Industry, Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Major American Toxics Disasters by John Heritage
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Children, Health, Prevention, Toxics
Update
From Education and the Environment, Jan. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Research, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Protecting Public Health by Douglas M. Costle
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Budget, Health, Management of Agency, Research, Toxics
Spelling Out Directions for EPA by Lee Thomas
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General, Water: Wetlands
Past, Present and Future: An Interview with Lee M. Thomas
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Education, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
The Blue Goose Flies! by Susan Tejada
From Mysteries of the Atmosphere, Another Challenge for Environmental Technology, Oct. 1985Categories: Research, Toxics
Other Laws Protecting Drinking Water Supplies
From Protecting Our Drinking Water, Sep. 1986Categories: Pesticides, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Relating Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Complete Separation of the Two Processes is a Misconception by Sheila Jasanoff
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Management of Agency, Toxics
TV Documentary on Toxics Available for Public Televisions
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Education, Health, Public, The, Toxics
EPA's Ground-Water Protection Strategy by Alvin L. Alm
From Protecting Ground Water: The Hidden Resource, Jul. 1984Categories: Management of Agency, States, Toxics, Water: General
Help for Problems
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, RCRA, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
The View from the Deputy Administrator's Office: Interview with Barbara Blum
From Learning Pesticide Safety, Oct. 1977Categories: Management of Agency, RCRA, Toxics
Toxic Air by Joseph Padgett
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Health, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Should Toxic Herbicide Be Burned at Sea?
From Protecting Clean Air, May. 1975Categories: Pesticides, Toxics
Update
From Protecting Our Wetlands, Jan. 1986Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Pesticides, RCRA, Research, Toxics
FBI to Aid in Hazardous Waste Investigation
From New Directions, Jul. 1981Categories: Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, States, Superfund, Toxics
The Chesapeake: Beautiful and Vulnerable by Truman Temple
From Year of the Coast, May. 1980Categories: Economic Impact, Toxics, Water: General, Watersheds
Update
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Lead, Pesticides, Research, Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: General
On the Firing Line: Risk Management in the Santa Clara Valley
From Environmental Risk, Nov. 1987Categories: Local Programs, States, Toxics
A Fact Sheet
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Policy and Planning, Solid Waste, States, Toxics
A Perspective from Another Country: The Soviet Task by Alexei Yablokov
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, International, Pesticides, Radiation, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
aw of the Sea by Elliot L. Richardson
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: International, Policy and Planning, Toxics, Water: General
The Fourth Coast by Madonna F. McGrath
From Year of the Coast, May. 1980Categories: Enforcement, International, Regions, Toxics, Water: General
Charting New Research Frontiers in Chattanooga by Jack Lewis
From Mysteries of the Atmosphere, Another Challenge for Environmental Technology, Oct. 1985Categories: Research, Toxics
From the Outside: An Environmentalist's View by Ellen Silbergeld
From Environmental Risk, Nov. 1987Categories: Toxics
Update
From Noise and the Environment, Oct. 1979Categories: Air: Mobile, Conservation, Enforcement, Health, Pesticides, Solid Waste, Toxics, Tribes, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Defusing Chemical 'Time Bombs' by Larry O'Neill
From Superfund, Jun. 1981Categories: Health, Pesticides, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: Labor and EPA by Douglas M. Costle
From Labor and EPA, Nov. 1977Categories: Economic Impact, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Public, The, Toxics
EPA Roundup: Expansion Proposed for Toxics Release Inventory
From Clean Water Agenda: Remaking the Laws that Protect Our Water Resources, Jun. 1994Categories: Toxics
Cancer Risk: An Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Anderson
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Health, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics
Regulatory Reform
From The Protection of Our Environment, May. 1982Categories: Budget, Management of Agency, Toxics
Dealing with Toxics by Steven D. Jellinek
From Industry and EPA, Jan. 1978Categories: Health, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: Enforcement and the EPA by Douglas M. Costle
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, RCRA, States, Toxics, Water: General
Government Files PCB Cleanup Suit
From Environmental Progress and Challenges, Apr. 1984Categories: Enforcement, Toxics
Advice on Asbestos in the Home by Dave Ryan
From Radon: Pinpointing a Mystery, Aug. 1986Categories: Public, The, Toxics
Progress and Challenges by Douglas M. Costle
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Budget, International, Management of Agency, RCRA, Toxics, Water: General
Chemical Waste Cleanup
From Chemicals and the Environment, Nov. 1981Categories: Enforcement, Industry, Toxics
Update
From The Economy and the Environment, Jan. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Public, The, Research, Toxics, Water: General
Newsline: Enforcement Actions
From Environmental Education, Sep. 1991Categories: Enforcement, Toxics
Control Benefits Exceed Costs by Douglas M. Costle
From World Environment, Jun. 1978Categories: Economic Impact, Management of Agency, Toxics
Environmental Almanac: November-December: Man and the Coyote
From Labor and EPA, Nov. 1977Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Around the Nation
From Earth Day '80, Apr. 1980Categories: Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Lead, Regions, States, Toxics
Managing Hazardous Wastes: An Interview with Thomas C. Jorling
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Economic Impact, Health, States, Toxics, Water: General
Toxics in the Great Lakes by Theo Colburn and Richard A. Liroff
From Saving the Nation's Great Water Bodies, Nov. 1990Categories: Toxics, Water: General
Around the Nation
From Our Stake in the Outdoors; Visibility in the National Parks; New EPA Budget Trends, May. 1981Categories: Enforcement, Public, The, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: General
Looking Ahead: The Economic Impact by Keith Mason
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Toxics
Missouri Dioxin Cleanup Progresses in Courts
From Discharging Enforcement Responsibilities, Mar. 1984Categories: Enforcement, Superfund, Toxics
Learning to Control Dioxin: An Interview with Erich Bretthauer
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Budget, Health, Research, Toxics
Industrial Pretreatment by John Heritage
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Chemicals and Health
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Congress, Health, Public, The, Research, Toxics
Protecting Against Threats to Public Health and the Environment
From Earth Day 1995: The 25th Anniversary, Jan. 1995Categories: Health, Superfund, Toxics
Update
From Radon: Pinpointing a Mystery, Aug. 1986Categories: Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Pesticides, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Update
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Industry, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Risks and Challenges: An Interview with Dr. John A. Todhunter
From Chemicals and the Environment, Nov. 1981Categories: Toxics
Dealing with Toxic Substances: Present and Future: The National Attack on Toxics in the Environment by Alvin L. Alm
From The Future: 1984 and Beyond, Dec. 1983Categories: Management of Agency, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
Information: TSCA's Cutting Edge by Frank Kover
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Industry, Toxics
EPA '82 Budget Intensifies War on Hazardous Waste
From Our Stake in the Outdoors; Visibility in the National Parks; New EPA Budget Trends, May. 1981Categories: Budget, Pesticides, Radiation, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Siting Problem Discussed by Nancy McKinney
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Health, Public, The, RCRA, Solid Waste, Toxics
Update
From Environmental Perspectives, Mar. 1986Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics
Pretreatment of Industrial Waste by Jack Lewis
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Enforcement, Industry, Toxics, Water: General
Dioxin Pathways: Judging Risk to People by Michael A. Callahan
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Research, Toxics
Safer Pesticides
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Why We Didn't Use "Risk" Before by Al Alm
From Setting Environmental Priorities: The Debate About Risk, Mar. 1991Categories: Budget, Science Advisory Board, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Debating EPA's New Chemicals Program: A Forum
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Congress, Industry, Toxics
Presidential Earth Day Address
From Sustainable Development: Linkages and Partnerships for the Developing World, Apr. 1993Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, Prevention, Toxics, Water: General
Region 5 Report
From Looking to the Future, May. 1978Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Radiation, RCRA, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: General
Handling a Pollution Emergency by Christopher J. Daggett
From Phasing Down Lead in Gasoline, May. 1985Categories: Regions, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: Drinking
OSHA and the American Working Man and Woman by Eula Bingham
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Health, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Toxics
EPA Roundup: TRI List of Chemicals Nearly Doubled
From Earth Day 1995: The 25th Anniversary, Jan. 1995Categories: Toxics
Region 2 Report by Eckardt C. Beck
From Cities and the Environment, Feb. 1978Categories: Air: Mobile, Management of Agency, Regions, Toxics, Water: General
Approaching a Milestone
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Industry, Toxics
State and Local Involvement
From The Protection of Our Environment, May. 1982Categories: Air: General, Local Programs, Pesticides, Radiation, RCRA, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: General
The Environmental Justice Movement by Dorceta Taylor
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, Health, Toxics
Keeping the Trains Running
From Chemicals and the Environment, Nov. 1981Categories: Enforcement, Toxics
Ruckelshaus Reviews Year at EPA by William Ruckelshaus
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Budget, Management of Agency, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Industrial Flight: Myth or Reality by H. Jeffrey Leonard
From Taking a Global View, Jan. 1985Categories: Industry, International, Toxics
Health Concerns for Fish-Eating Tribes? by Patrick C. West
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Environmental Justice, Health, Toxics, Tribes, Water: General
Ban for Harmful Spray-Can Gases
From Carter on the Environment, Jun. 1977Categories: Policy and Planning, Toxics
Measuring Human Exposure to Toxics
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Health, Research, Toxics
The Mainstream Environmental Movement by John H. Adams
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Children, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Pesticides, Solid Waste, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, RCRA, Research, Toxics
Taming Chemical Wastes by Douglas M. Costle
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Research, Solid Waste, Toxics
Update
From Energy and the Environment, Apr. 1979Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, Research, Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: General
Update
From The Vermont Story, May. 1979Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Toxics, Water: Drinking
EPA and the Marine Environment
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Research, Solid Waste, Toxics
Reduction of Backlogs
From The Protection of Our Environment, May. 1982Categories: Management of Agency, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Discovering What We're Made Of
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Toxics
Newsline: Toxic Emissions from Dry Cleaners to Be Reduced
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Toxics
Future, Present, and Past
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Education, Industry, Management of Agency, Public, The, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
Developing Confidence in Biotechnology: An Interview with John A. Moore
From Regulating Biotechnology, Oct. 1986Categories: Enforcement, Management of Agency, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Toxics
Sharing Environmental Knowledge with Japan by Kirk Maconaughey
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: CEQ, International, Toxics
Union Carbide's Plant at Institute, W. Va.: Lessons from Bhopal by Michael J. Chern
From Toward a Conserving Society, Jul. 1985Categories: Industry, International, Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Why Superfund Was Needed by Robert T. Stafford
From Superfund, Jun. 1981Categories: Congress, Health, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Superfund, Toxics
Update: New Developments at EPA
From Discharging Enforcement Responsibilities, Mar. 1984Categories: Air: Mobile, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Public, The, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Some Possible Uses for Biotechnology
From Regulating Biotechnology, Oct. 1986Categories: Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Ocean Dumping Off New York by Peter W. Anderson
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Regions, Toxics, Water: General
Hazardous Wastes by Sen. Jennings Randolph
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Congress, Health, Policy and Planning, Solid Waste, Superfund, Toxics
Around the Nation
From Land and the Environment, Jul. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Health, Pesticides, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Update
From Toward a Conserving Society, Jul. 1985Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Health, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, States, Superfund, Toxics
News Briefs
From Recreation and the Environment, Jun. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Pesticides, Toxics
Update: New Agency Developments
From Regulating Pesticides, Jun. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics, Water: General
A Challenge to Congress by Representative V. Dellums
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Congress, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Public, The, RCRA, Toxics, Water: General
The Watchdog by Michael Novick
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Health, Toxics
Asbestos in Schools: One State's Answer by Jack Lewis
From Taking a Global View, Jan. 1985Categories: States, Toxics
Toxics Action
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Policy and Planning, Toxics, Water: General
Cleaning Up in New Jersey by John J. Degnan and Steven A. Tasher
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Policy and Planning, Solid Waste, States, Toxics
Regulating Toxic Substances: An Overview by Marcia Williams
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Management of Agency, Toxics
New Facility to Aid Toxics Research
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Management of Agency, Research, Toxics
The Challenges in Environmental Health: An Interview with Dr. David P. Rall
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Health, OMB, Other Federal Agencies, Research, Toxics
Making Decisions About Risk by John Moore
From Protecting Public Health, Dec. 1984Categories: Management of Agency, Pesticides, Toxics
European Waste Management
From Protecting America's Land, Jul. 1982Categories: International, Solid Waste, Toxics
Chemicals
From EPA: The First Twenty Years, The Bald Eagle: A Treasure Preserved, Sep. 1990Categories: Pesticides, Toxics
Controlling Toxic Substances: An Interview with Steven Jellinek
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Economic Impact, International, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Radiation, Toxics
Cooperating with Germany on the Environment by David H. Strother
From Noise and the Environment, Oct. 1979Categories: International, Solid Waste, Toxics
Thinking Ecologically in Lakes Protection by Lee Botts
From The Great Lakes, Mar. 1985Categories: Toxics, Water: General
On the Scene with CAMEO by Jean Snider and Tony Jover
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Action on Hazardous Wastes by Barbara Blum
From Recreation and the Environment, Jun. 1979Categories: Budget, Enforcement, Health, Policy and Planning, Toxics
EPA's Environmental Response Team: On Call Around the Clock by Stephen Dorrier
From Superfund, Jun. 1981Categories: Management of Agency, Regions, Toxics
Actions Based on Health Effects Other Than Cancer
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Health, Lead, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Toxics
On the Lookout for Toxic Danger by Betty Jackson
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Research, Toxics
Update
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Management of Agency, Other Federal Agencies, Radiation, Research, Toxics
The Next Two Years: A Policy Guidance
From World Environment, Jun. 1978Categories: Enforcement, Health, Management of Agency, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, States, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: The Role of Agriculture in the Environment by Douglas M. Costle
From Farmers and the Environment, Mar. 1978Categories: Management of Agency, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Public Meeting Set on Asbestos in Buildings
From Environmental Progress and Challenges, Apr. 1984Categories: Public, The, Toxics
EPA's Role in Educating Youth by Mattie Montgomery
From Education and the Environment, Jan. 1981Categories: Children, Education, Health, Other Federal Agencies, Regions, Toxics
A Challenge to EPA by Deeohn Ferris
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Children, Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
State of the Environment: A Fact Sheet
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Radiation, Toxics, Water: General
1984 in EPA's Regions
From The Future: 1984 and Beyond, Dec. 1983Categories: Enforcement, Regions, States, Superfund, Toxics
Have Minorities Benefited...? A Forum
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Civil Rights, Congress, Economic Impact, Environmental Justice, Lead, Other Federal Agencies, RCRA, Solid Waste, Superfund, Toxics, Tribes, Water: General
Reviewing New Chemicals by Jack Lewis
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Policy and Planning, Toxics
Highlights of the Federal Environmental Effort: A Fact Sheet
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Pesticides, Radiation, Research, Solid Waste, States, Toxics, Water: General
A New England Hazard by Paul Keough
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Regions, States, Toxics
Update
From Ethics and the Environment, Nov. 1979Categories: Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Pesticides, Research, Solid Waste, States, Toxics, Water: General
On the Scene by Nikkii L. Childs
From Emergency Response in the Gulf and Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Home, Jul. 1991Categories: Superfund, Toxics
Seagoing Furnace Destroys Toxics
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Research, Toxics
Public Servants, Private Eyes
From Discharging Enforcement Responsibilities, Mar. 1984Categories: Enforcement, Regions, Toxics
An Environmental Calamity: The Seveso Case by Marion Parks
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: Health, International, Toxics
The Importance of Billionths by Miles Allen and Roy Popkin
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Research, Toxics
EPA's Soil Research at Corvallis by Mark Schaefer
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Pesticides, Research, Toxics, Water: General
Around the Nation
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Public, The, Regions, Toxics, Water: General
Some ABCs in Addressing Risk by Bob Burke
From Protecting Public Health, Dec. 1984Categories: Health, Management of Agency, Toxics
News Briefs
From Ethics and the Environment, Nov. 1979Categories: Policy and Planning, Radiation, Toxics
News Briefs
From Curbing Global Pollution, Oct. 1976Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Health, Toxics
Right-to-Know: What It Means for EPA by Charles L. Elkins
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Industry, Public, The, Toxics
Industry: CHEMTREC by John C. Zercher
From Protecting America's Land, Jul. 1982Categories: Industry, Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Senate Leaders Explain Water Legislation: The Meaning of the 1977 Clean Water Act by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie
From Protecting Water, Jul. 1978Categories: Congress, Policy and Planning, Toxics, Water: General
Protecting the Public from Toxic Air Pollutants by David Patrick
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Launching a New Toxics Program by Michael Stahl
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Congress, Policy and Planning, States, Toxics
Biological Tests Okayed for Toxics Control
From Environmental Progress and Challenges, Apr. 1984Categories: Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics
Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Toxics, Water: General
Science and EPA
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Climate, Health, Research, Science Advisory Board, Toxics
Around the Nation
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Enforcement, Regions, Toxics, Water: General
The Three E's: Economics, Energy, Environment by Joan Martin Nicholson
From Labor and EPA, Nov. 1977Categories: Economic Impact, Prevention, Public, The, Toxics
EPA Toxics Responsibilities under Eight Laws
From The Future: 1984 and Beyond, Dec. 1983Categories: Toxics
Hazardous Waste Action by Barbara Blum
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
Fish Detect Toxics by Kheryn Klubnikin
From Labor and EPA, Nov. 1977Categories: Research, Toxics, Water: General
Federal Laws Dealing with Toxic Substances
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Policy and Planning, Toxics
Update: Recent Agency Developments
From Controlling Hazardous Waste, Oct. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Louisville Explosions
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Health, Toxics
Update
From Cities and the Environment, May. 1988Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, States, Toxics, Water: General
What Is "Dioxin?"
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Toxics
On the Threshold of a New Environmental Era by Barbara Blum
From The Environmentalists, Apr. 1978Categories: Management of Agency, NEPA, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Burning Wastes at Sea by Charlotte Garvey
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Toxics
Issues in Toxics Control: An Interview with Don R. Clay
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Management of Agency, Toxics
New Research Directions: An Interview with Stephen A. Gage
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Health, Management of Agency, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics
Fighting Water Toxics with Effluent Guidelines by Margherita Pryor
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Toxics, Water: General
Update
From Searching for Environmental Safety, Nov. 1983Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Around the Nation
From Ethics and the Environment, Nov. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update: Recent EPA Developments
From Protecting Our Air, Sep. 1984Categories: Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, RCRA, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Cornering PCBs by Margherita Pryor
From Environmental Perspectives, Mar. 1986Categories: Policy and Planning, RCRA, Toxics
Integrated Pest Management from Concept to Reality by Steven D. Jellinek
From Farmers and the Environment, Mar. 1978Categories: CEQ, Pesticides, Toxics
Update
From Technology and the Environment, Sep. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Pesticides, Public, The, Research, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update
From Predicting Ozone Pollution: Another Tool from EPA Research, Jun. 1987Categories: Air: Stationary, Lead, RCRA, Toxics
Update: New Developments at EPA
From Strengthening the Federal-State Partnership, Jan. 1984Categories: States, Superfund, Toxics
Right-to-Know: What It Can Mean for Citizens by Susan G. Hadden
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Public, The, Superfund, Toxics
Controlling Toxics by Anne Haughton
From Learning Pesticide Safety, Oct. 1977Categories: Policy and Planning, Toxics
Risk Communication: Getting Ready for 'Right-to-Know' by Charles L. Elkins
From Environmental Risk, Nov. 1987Categories: Public, The, Toxics
Going Green for Profit by Joanna D. Underwood
From Pollution Prevention: It's a Whole New Way of Doing Business..., Jul. 1993Categories: Industry, Toxics
The Offshore Environment: What People Are Asking: An Interview with A. James Barnes
From The Marine Environment, Jun. 1988Categories: Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: General, Water: Wetlands
A New Technology by Barbara Blum
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Health, Other Federal Agencies, Prevention, Toxics
New Directions in the International Arena: Interview with Alice Brandeis Popkin
From Learning Pesticide Safety, Oct. 1977Categories: International, Pesticides, Toxics
Exploring the Secrets of the Sea by Bob Burke
From The Oceans, Nov. 1984Categories: Research, Toxics, Water: General
Common Sense in Pesticide and Toxics Controls by Dr. John A. Todhunter
From A New Year for the Environment, Nov. 1982Categories: Management of Agency, Pesticides, Toxics
Update
From Recreation and the Environment, Jun. 1979Categories: Air: Mobile, Enforcement, International, Pesticides, Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Environmentally Speaking: EPA's International Commitment by Douglas M. Costle
From World Environment, Jun. 1978Categories: Management of Agency, Toxics
Environmental Mediation by Joan Z. Bernstein
From Ethics and the Environment, Nov. 1979Categories: Enforcement, Policy and Planning, Toxics
EPA Roundup: Ongoing Enforcement
From Indoor Air, Oct. 1993Categories: Enforcement, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Superfund: A Major Task Ahead: Interview with Michael B. Cook
From Superfund, Jun. 1981Categories: Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Radiation, Research, States, Superfund, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: International Cooperation in Regulating Toxics by Douglas M. Costle
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Congress, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Toxics
The Aftermath of Bhopal: An Interview with Jack W. McGraw
From Taking a Global View, Jan. 1985Categories: International, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Controlling PCB's: A New Approach by Charlotte Garvey
From New Directions, Jul. 1981Categories: Health, Regions, Toxics
Update
From Transportation, Feb. 1980Categories: Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update
From Protecting Public Health, Dec. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, International, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, States, Toxics
The Health of Our Citizens
From The Protection of Our Environment, May. 1982Categories: Health, States, Superfund, Toxics
Update
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Lead, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics
Update
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Toxic Chemicals and Health
From The Future: 1984 and Beyond, Dec. 1983Categories: Health, Industry, Toxics
Controlling Toxic Water Pollution by Henry L. Longest, II
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Management of Agency, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Update
From Year of the Coast, May. 1980Categories: Enforcement, Lead, Pesticides, Radiation, States, Toxics
Dealing with Toxic Substances: Present and Future: Toxic Victim Compensation by A. James Barnes
From The Future: 1984 and Beyond, Dec. 1983Categories: Congress, Policy and Planning, Public, The, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
Air Toxics: The Problem by David Durenberger
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: Pollution's "Invisible" Victims by Douglas M. Costle
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Health, Management of Agency, Toxics
Update
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Enforcement, International, Policy and Planning, Toxics, Water: General
Update
From Phasing Down Lead in Gasoline, May. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Science Advisory Board, Toxics, Water: General
Questions in the Stratosphere
From Chemicals and the Environment, Nov. 1981Categories: International, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics
Taking the Initiative in Hazardous Waste Siting by David Morell
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: RCRA, Regions, Toxics
Wave of Regulations to Help Clean Waters
From A New Year for the Environment, Nov. 1982Categories: Economic Impact, Management of Agency, Toxics, Water: General
Moving to Rid America of Asbestos by Dave Ryan
From Environmental Perspectives, Mar. 1986Categories: Economic Impact, Health, Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Environmental Response Team
From Toxics, Sep. 1978Categories: CEQ, Management of Agency, Regions, Toxics
Update
From Taking a Global View, Jan. 1985Categories: Air: Stationary, Pesticides, RCRA, States, Toxics, Water: General
Controlling Toxics by Truman Temple
From Protecting Against Poisons, Jul. 1979Categories: Congress, Health, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Toxics
Region 4 Report
From The Environmentalists, Apr. 1978Categories: Management of Agency, Public, The, Regions, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Update
From The Oceans, Nov. 1984Categories: Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Pesticides, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Environmental Regulation: Challenges We Face by Lee M. Thomas
From EPA: A Regulatory Agency, Mar. 1988Categories: Climate, Management of Agency, RCRA, Toxics
Toxics Release Inventory
From Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection, May. 1992Categories: Toxics
The State of the Environment 1978 by Mostafa K. Tolba
From World Environment, Jun. 1978Categories: Climate, Conservation, Health, International, Toxics
Update: New Agency Developments
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Pesticides, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Toxics
Regulatory Reform and FDA by Donald Kennedy
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Update
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics, Water: General
Hazardous Waste and U.S. Export Policy by Wendy Greider
From Superfund, Jun. 1981Categories: International, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Toxics
Initiatives by EPA's Enforcement Offices
From Enforcing Environmental Laws, Mar. 1987Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, RCRA, Toxics, Water: Drinking
The Toxic Avengers by Linda R. Prout
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Health, Radiation, Toxics
A Death in Louisiana by Peyton Davis
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Health, RCRA, States, Toxics
Newsline: Chemical Plants to Control Toxic Emissions
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Air: General, Toxics
EPA's Unique Soil Research Laboratory by William C. Galegar
From Land and the Environment, Jul. 1980Categories: Research, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Air: Mobile, Children, Enforcement, Industry, Pesticides, Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Measuring Dioxin Concentrations
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Research, Toxics
Around the Nation
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, Toxics
Invisible Threat, Invisible Resource: Underground Tanks Contaminate Groundwater by Susan Tejada
From Strengthening the Federal-State Partnership, Jan. 1984Categories: Industry, Policy and Planning, RCRA, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update
From Global Perspectives, Feb. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Health, International, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Research, States, Toxics, Water: General
Improving IAQ: EPA's Program by Bob Axelrad
From Indoor Air, Oct. 1993Categories: Indoor Air, Lead, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Prevention, Public, The, Toxics, Water: Drinking
EPA and Biotechnology by Roy Popkin and Dave Ryan
From Taking Environmental Initiatives, Apr. 1985Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Toxics
Environmentally Speaking: Health and the Environment by Douglas M. Costle
From Protecting Water, Jul. 1978Categories: Health, Management of Agency, Toxics
Air Toxics: The Strategy by Lydia Wegman
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Economic Impact, Toxics
Update
From Land and the Environment, Jul. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Public, The, Toxics, Water: General
Some Statutory Mandates on Risk
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Regulatory Reform
From Emerging from Summer's Smog, Sep. 1977Categories: Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, Toxics
EPA Roundup: Ongoing Enforcement
From Clean Water Agenda: Remaking the Laws that Protect Our Water Resources, Jun. 1994Categories: Enforcement, Toxics, Water: General
Update
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: Stationary, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: Drinking
News Briefs
From Learning Pesticide Safety, Oct. 1977Categories: Air: General, Public, The, RCRA, Toxics
Around the Nation
From Year of the Coast, May. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Public, The, RCRA, Regions, Toxics, Tribes, Water: General
EPA Roundup: Ongoing Enforcement
From Looking Ahead at Environmental Education, Mar. 1995Categories: Enforcement, Toxics, Water: General
National Leaders Speak on Environmental Future
From The Future: 1984 and Beyond, Dec. 1983Categories: Conservation, Industry, Toxics, Water: General
A New Direction in Interagency Cooperation
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Education, Other Federal Agencies, Research, Toxics
Books & Articles by Alumni
Some of the most detailed history of EPA is contained in books and articles written by alumni.
Chapter 5: Cleaning Up the Wastes of an Industrial Economy
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Index (for detailed searching)
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 10. Living with Toxic Risks
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 3. The Uncertainty of Risk but the Reality of Cost
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 1: Toxic Chemicals Move to Center Stage
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Air: General, Toxics
Chapter 9. The Power and Limitations of Science and Technology
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 6. The States Begin to Take Charge
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 4. Explaining Risks to an Aroused Public
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 8. Exceeding the Absorptive Limits of the Global Commons
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
Chapter 7. The Greening of Industry
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Toxics
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