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Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (US)
This act is a provision in the food Additives Amendment to the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It prohibits the FDA from approving any food additive found to cause cancer in human or animals. -
Clean Air Act (US)
This act regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment. The CAA authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce air quality standards and limits for pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter, across the US. -
Clean Water Act (US)
This act regulates the discharge of pollutants into u.s. waters and to ensure surface waters are safe for fishing and swimming. It gives the EPA authority to get water quality standard. -
Endangered Species Act (US)
It is a key piece of US legislation that aims to protect and recover imperiled species and their habitats. The ESA provides a framework for identifying species at risk of extinction, listing them as endangered or threated, and implementing conservation efforts to help them recover. -
Safe Drinking Water Act (US)
It authorizes the EPA to set national standards for drinking water quality and oversee public water systems to ensure safe and clean drinking water. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) protects public health by regulating the nation's public drinking water supply and ensuring contaminants are kept at safe levels. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (INT)
This treaty is an international agreement that aims to ensure global trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. It protects thousands of species by regulating trade through a system of permits and international cooperation. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US)
This act gives the EPA authority to regulate the management of hazardous and nonhazardous solid waste. Its goal is to protect human health and environment by ensuring proper waste disposal and promoting resource conservation and recovery. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)
It is a federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and pollutants. CERCLA gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to identify responsible parties and compel them to cleanup the contaminated sites or reimburse the government for cleanup efforts. -
Montreal Protocol (INT)
This is a treaty designed to phase out substances that deplete the ozone layer, such as CFCS. It is considered one of the most successful environmental agreements. -
Kyoto Protocol (INT)
This treaty commits industrialized nations to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It's goal was to combat climate change, although it's impact was limited on some major emitters (like the US) who did not ratify it. Developing nations were not required to cut emissions.