Environmental Protection Agency
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Agency description: |
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates environmental quality and strives to protect human health from environmental dangers. |
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Website: |
www.epa.gov |
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Enabling Statute: |
“The purposes of this chapter are: To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.” 42 U.S.C. § 4321 |
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Key issues: |
Clean water, clean air, climate change, hazardous waste cleanup, lead contamination, pesticides, asbestos, radon exposure, recycling. |
