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The Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act states that no cancer causing agent, as demonstrated in humans or animals, shall be deliberately added to, or found as a containment in food. It requires the FDA to ban food additives. -
The act establishes federal standards for mobile sources of air pollution and their fuels. It establishes a comprehensive permit system for all major sources of air pollution -
The principle law governing pollution control and water quality of nations waterways. It regulates discharges of pollutants into U.S waters and the quality standards for surface waters. -
The Endangered Species Act provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad. The act has proven to be incredibly effective in stabilizing populations of species at risk, preventing extinction of others, and saving habits. -
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. It provides for civil actions to require compliance by any State failing to assure enforcement of drinking water regulations. -
The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species is a global treaty to ensure international trade in wild plants and animals is legal, traceable, and biologically sustainable. It regulates trade in species that are primarily under threat or endangered. -
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act sets national goal for protecting human health and the natural environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal. It also conserves energy and natural resources, reduces waste, and ensures management of waste. -
CERLA, also known as the Superfund, authorizes the president to respond to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment. It establishes prohibitions and requirements concerning closed and abandoned hazardous waste sites. -
The protocol is a multi year environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 man man chemicals. These chemicals damage the ozone layer which we need to protect us from UV. -
The Kyoto Protocol sets binding emission reduction targets for 37 industrialized countries and economies in transition and the European Union. It extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas.