United States Environmental Protection Agency

Introduction Radiation protection policy is distributed among several governmental Agencies in the United States. Each agency is tasked with controlling exposure to radiation and the safe use of radioactive materials and radiation generating devices. These agencies inform their policy with reports and recommendations from a number of organizations, including the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). The NCRP is a longstanding organization that strives to provide…

not currently used as a salt water disposal area. The Birds Nest aquifer area that has less than 10,000 mg/L TDS can be used in the future as a salt water disposal zone as long as an Aquifer Exemption is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA Region 8 has jurisdiction over this area of permitting salt water disposal wells. “Wastewater injected into disposal wells may, in some circumstances, migrate to the surface or into freshwater aquifers” (Johnston, J, et. al,…

implement pollution control programs alongside setting water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. This definition of what is to be considered “surface water” or as it is put in the CWA, the “waters of the United States, is the key point to the CWR that many states and the people behind them oppose. This opposition created the need for a court petition that stayed the rule change, halting any…

Safe drinking water act The EPA states that the safe drinking water act is a federal law used to ensure safe and clean drinking water for the public. Every single water public water system applies has to apply to this law. There are about 155000 public water systems providing water to almost all Americans to water in some time in their life. The government made the act so Americans can have safer drinking water and cleaner lakes and river by regulating. Warner magnuson introduced the act to…

Environmental protection agency (EPA) respond heavily to public health issue and to environmental issues. Like many agency decisions, the EPA's decision centered on cost-benefit analysis, attempting to determine the appropriate economic burden necessary to achieve an adequate level of safety, and whether this burden was reasonable (Wecker, 1994). Reserve Mining v. EPA and Corrosion Proof Fittings v. EPA cases focused mainly on regulating a use of asbestos. This essay will summarize the trail…

Since the 13th century to present day, the world has been suffering from pollution. Scientist have known about the Earth’s pollution issues for centuries, especially when coal was introduced. Air pollution is one of the worst forms of pollution. Scientists recognize air pollution as a threat to human health and ecosystems, especially in countries such as China. China is a country falling under the consequences of air pollution. Air pollution in China has become very out of control. There are…

decades and the companies are aware of the increasing environmental issues of their product and processes they are facing. The big manufacturers know about the need of having improved environmental performance in their operations and have set environment programs to tackle with these issues. These programs have a wide scope and also cover some requirements for the suppliers. According to Global competition we have several brands. In the United States there are three big companies (Ford, Chrysler…

With that being said, however majority of that percentage has very low knowledge of what GMOs actually impose on their health, but it might be enough that the FDA is labeling all foods to be “generally” safe to ingest. With the GRAS policy in place, agencies such as the USDA and FDA are able to put restrictions on labels, but do not seek these changes due to the policies already in place. We then look to organizations such as Right To Know to act on eventually requiring GMO labels on all foods,…

Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water by Peter Gleick. Dr. Peter Gleick is the Co-founder of the Pacific Institute where their aim is to find real-world solutions to problems like water shortages, habitat destruction, global warming, and environmental injustice. He earned his Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from the University of California. He is a receiver of the prestigious MacArthur “genius” Fellowship. Has authored numerous scientific papers and nine books. Bottled & Sold is a…

There are also other state efforts and enforcements towards the environmental management such as Lagos Plan of Action of 1980. A bill of adopting a Federal Environmental Protection Agency was passed in 1981 in the parliament. While other small units came to existence like Protection Division in the Federal Ministry of Works, Environmental planning and Housing put in place to deal with environmental protection. Unfortunately, the bill was not successful the situation…