The Environmental Protection Agency's logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Environmental Protection Agency ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should make changes to its integrated risk information system (IRIS) assessments handbook to ensure it provides clear operational instructions for those ...

The agency named the next five chemicals it thinks should face an extensive risk assessment process. EPA has announced the next five chemicals it will launch a lengthy risk review process for, a move ...

It takes 10 to 12 years and around $300 million to bring a new pesticide, including herbicides, fungicides or insecticides, to market. While much of that time and money is spent in a lab and on ...

EPA has addressed these two issues through its “Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment,” first published in 1986, updated in 2005, and still in place today. It begins by setting out five categories ...

For 25 years, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used their broad expertise in human health risk assessment, ecology, radiation protection, toxicology and information management to ...

Nine House members are urging the agency to revisit its draft risk assessment, which found the chemical poses unreasonable risks to human health. A group of bipartisan lawmakers is pushing EPA to ...