EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed updates to the Safer Choice Standard, which identifies the requirements that products and their ingredients must meet to earn EPA’s Safer Choice label or Design for the Environment (DfE) logo. The Agency is requesting public comments on … Read more
One Health is a holistic approach to advancing human well-being that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment: when we protect one, we protect all. EPA has been working with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), the Association of State and Territorial … Read more
EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for new and innovative green chemistry technologies. Through the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the generation and use of hazardous substances, this … Read more
Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) Title: TAEBC – Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Time: 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time Speakers: Cortney Piper, Executive Director, TAEBC Lilly Tench, Director, Spark Cleantech Accelerator at UT Research Park … Read more
EPA Updates Safer Chemical Ingredients List Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 10 chemicals to the Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL). The SCIL is a living list of chemicals that EPA’s Safer Choice program has evaluated and determined meet Safer Choice criteria. With this update, there are a total of 1,071 chemicals on … Read more