Drinking Water Bloopers
Assume little leaks only waste a little water? You can lose up to 200 gallons of water a day from a leaking toilet. And a faucet can drip 604,800 drops while you are waiting. That's taboo, and it can shortcut your health. Lead can dissolve into ... [... more]
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EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Partnership programs enable flexible, collaborative, market-driven solutions that can deliver measurable environmental results. Our proposed regulations are almost always open to the public for comment. Your participation leads to better regulations. [... more]
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What is a Pesticide?
A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for: Though often misunderstood to refer only to insecticides, the term pesticide also applies to herbicides, fungicides, and various other substances used to control pests. Under ... [... more]
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EnviroMapper StoreFront
Recent Additions About EM OpenLink Contact Us Awards Frequently Asked Window to My Environment EPA-Regulated Facilities Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Information Brownfields Grant Types and Properties Superfund National Priorities ... [... more]
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Air Quality
Air Quality Planning & Standards Publications / Organization / Technical Information US EPA Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act Six Criteria Pollutants Monitoring Information Ambient Air ... [... more]
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Water for Kids
This site for kids, allows visitors to explore and learn more about estuaries. The site has games, activities and nice tours of two estuaries in the National Estuary Program (NEP). This booklet, designed primarily for middle-school-aged youth, ... [... more]
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Section 404 and Swampbuster: Wetlands on Agricultural Lands
Check with your local Corps district office if you are unsure whether your ongoing or planned activities occurring in wetlands are regulated under the Section 404 program. Check with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil ... [... more]
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Pesticides and Food:
EPA sets limits on how much of a pesticide residue can remain on food and feed products, or commodities. These pesticide residue limits are known as tolerances. Tolerances are set to protect you from harmful levels of pesticides on your food. ... [... more]
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Watersheds / US EPA
We all live in a watershed -- the area that drains to a common waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer, or even the ocean -- and our individual actions can directly affect it. Working together using a watershed approach will ... [... more]
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Consumer Products Treated with Pesticides
The presence of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, and viruses) in or on various items has become of increased concern to consumers. In response to these concerns, many products (e.g., cutting boards, kitchen sponges, cat litter, toothbrushes, and ... [... more]
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Smart Growth / US EPA
Silver Spring, Md., has revived its downtown, bringing back people and businesses and creating a new gathering place for the region. EPA helps communities grow in ways that expand economic opportunity, protect public health and the environment, ... [... more]
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Water Science and Technology for Kids
For students, Pre-K to fifth grades. For students, sixth to twelfth grades. For those who teach: teachers and parents. [... more]
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