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Lacy Act of 1900
The Lacy Act helped control non-native species. -
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1938, 1954, 1958
The FFDCA helped regualte the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics. It also ensure that labels must be accurate and not misleading. -
The Clean Water Act of 1977: 1981, 1987
The CWA regulates water pollution. -
The Clean Air Act of 1963: 1970, 1977, 1990
The CAA regulates air pollution. -
The Occupational Safety and Health Act
The OSHA helps make the work place safer and save lifes. -
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
The NEPA helps preserve our environment. -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentcide Act of 1972, 1988
The FIFRA made strciter restrictions on pesticide control and helped protect the public health. -
Declaration of the Conference on the Human Environment of 1972
This act helps protect resources so we do not run out of them. -
Convention on International Trade in endagered Species of 1973
The CITES made it illegal to trade endangered species, so this helped protect the endangered species. -
The Endangered Species Act 1973,1982, 1985, 1988
The ESA helped protect the endangered and threatened species with helo from the government. -
The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974: 1984, 1996
THe SDWA ensures quality of drinking water by protecting bodies of water. -
The Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976
The TSCA ensured that any chemical must have a list of every ingrediant in the chemical if not it will be tested. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
This act limited and helped prevent hazardous waste from water. -
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982
This act shared the wealth and technology to underdevloped countries. -
The Emergency Planning and Community right-to-know Act
The EPCRA improved comminty access to information about chemical hazards. -
Convention of Ozone Pepletion and the Montreal Protocol of 1986
This act helped protect the ozone layer. -
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
The OPA made it that every oil company must have a plan incase of an oil spill. -
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
The FQPA required food with oesticides require labeling to prevent adverse effects. -
Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocal of 1986
This act helped reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses in the environment and also put penalties in place to regulate better.
