To evaluate the safety of insecticides used by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD), we reviewed documents from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), articles from scientific journals, and research reports. To determine the insecticides used for mosquito control in other jurisdictions, we examined Minnesota Department of Agriculture municipal insecticide control data and ...

This article--an account of an interview with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official--addresses the role of citizen activism in combating environmental decisions that may cause harm, including the sludge policy of the EPA.

Studies grantee under a fellowship from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This report was not subject to EPA peer review or technical review. The EPA makes no warranties, expressed or implied, including without limitation, warranty for completeness, accuracy, or usefulness of the information, warranties as to the merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Moreo...

OBJECTIVE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that the upper bound of benefits from removing mercury emissions by U.S. power plants after implementing its Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) is $210 million per year. In contrast, Trasande et al. [Environ Health Perspect 113:590-596 (2005)] estimated that American power plants impose an economic cost of $1.3 billion due to mercur...

Abbreviations: BRAD: US EPA Biopesticides Registration Action Document, EA: Environmental Assessment, EC: European Commission, EPA: US Environmental Protection Agency, FAO: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, FDA: US Food and Drug Administration, FFDCA: Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, GE: genetically engineered, MRID: Master Re...

In 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with support from the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), funded a project at the National Research Council (NRC) to develop a long-range vision for toxicity testing and a strategic plan for implementing that vision. Both agencies wanted future toxicity testing and assessment paradigms to meet evolving regulatory needs. Challenges inc...

In December 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared that environmental tobacco smoke is a class A human carcinogen, responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year in nonsmokers (1). Although evidence is still accumulating on the role of passive smoking in coronary heart disease among nonsmokers (2, 3), if this association is real, then the total burden of de...

Background Considering risks to infants and children as part of risk assessments are of primary importance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 1995, EPA issued a policy for “Evaluating Health Risks to Children” (U.S. EPA, 1995), to ensure that risks to infants and children are consistently and explicitly a part of risk assessments conducted in support of the decision making pr...