Welcome to EPA’s Aging Initiative Website. The website provides a wealth of information about the Agency’s efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons.
The United States is a rapidly aging nation. By 2030, the number of older persons is expected to double to more than 70 million. Click here to read more.
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Us to Shape the Future:
A National Agenda for the Environment and the Aging
Fact Sheets
- Age Healthier, Breathe Easier
- Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
- Diabetes and Environmental Hazards
- Effective Control of Household Pests
- Environmental Hazards Weigh Heavy on the Heart
- "It's Too Darn Hot" - Planning for Excessive Heat
- Water Works
- Women and Environmental Health
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EPA Funding Opportunities
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects. Deadline: November 21, 2008 Read more...
Early Career Projects: Adaptation for Future Air Quality Analysis and Decision Support Tools in Light of Global Change Impacts and Mitigation Deadline: October 21, 2008 Read more...
Forecasting Ecosystem Services from Wetland Condition Analyses. Deadline: November 3, 2008 Read more...
Brownfields Assessment Grants. November 14, 2008 Read more...
Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in Longitudinal Studies Deadline: November 18, 2008 Read more...
EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings. Deadline 2: June 5, 2008. Deadline 3: December 9, 2008 Read more...
Other Funding Opportunities
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program. HRSA. Deadline: October 16, 2008 Read more...
Social Neuroscience of Aging (R01). NIA. Deadline: October 31, 2008 Read more...
Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging (K08 & K23). Deadline: November 3, 2008 Read more...
Centers in Symptom Management Research or Centers in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: Building Research Teams for the Future. Deadline: December 15, 2008 Read more...
See other open grants
Contest
Rachel Carson
Intergenerational Contest
2008 winners will be announced in October
2007 winners. Read more...
Healthy Communities BHCAA
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects. Deadline: November 21, 2008 Read more...
Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
2008 Winners to be announced in January 2009
Indicators
2008 update
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics Older Americans Update 2008: Key Indicators
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs) Website
News From the EPA
EPA Powers Up Contaminated Sites into Renewable Energy
New Permit Issued for Industrial Stormwater Discharges Offers Improved Features
Federal Agencies Map Plans to Address Marine Debris
Call to Action: Help Protect Water Resources: World Water Monitoring Day Starts Sept. 18
EPA Tests Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle under Real World Conditions
EPA Releases 2007 TRI Data Using the Electronic Facility Data Release (e-FDR)
EPA Appoints New Head of Independent Clean Air Science Advisory Panel
Other News
New NIH Research Initiative to Test Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms
NIEHS Invests $21.25 Million To Find Environmental Causes of Parkinson's Disease
Study Provides Clues About How Cancer Cells Develop Resistance to Chemotherapy Drug