The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed update to the agency’s Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (Recommendations), which help federal government purchasers and other buyers utilize private sector standards and ecolabels to buy products that are more sustainable and climate-friendly and contain safer chemical ingredients. This is the first time in nearly … Read more
Part of EPA’s Pollution Prevention in Action Webinar Series Join Jennie Romer, EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, on May 8, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. ET, for the Reducing PFAS in Products: Progress and Challenges webinar. Learn about EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap and a new online tool for EPA’s Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels … Read more
Join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on January 25, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar on the Agency’s October 2023 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The reporting rule is a statutory requirement under the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act that requires all … Read more
EPA Tools & Resources Webinar Chemical Risk Assessment for PFAS in Biosolids Wednesday, June 21, 2023 3-4 pm ET EPA committed in the agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to conduct a biosolids risk assessment for two PFAS compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), in biosolids. EPA’s Office of Water will discuss the current … Read more
PFAS Analytic Tools Thursday, June 1, 2023 3-4 pm ET To support EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, EPA is compiling and integrating a collection of data that can be used to evaluate what is known about PFAS manufacture, release, and occurrence in communities. As part of this effort, EPA is integrating data available nationally with other information … Read more