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Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

Mission statement:

The mission of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics focuses on the following four components: Promoting pollution prevention as the guiding principle for controlling industrial pollution; Promoting safer chemicals through a combination of regulatory and voluntary efforts; Promoting risk reduction so as to minimize exposure to existing substances such as lead, asbestos, dioxin, and polychlorinated biphenyls; and Promoting public understanding of risks by providing understandable, accessible and complete information on chemical risks to the broadest audience possible.

Contact Information:

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
1200 Pennylvania Avenue, NW Mail Code 7401-M
Washington DC 20460

Internet address: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/

Phone number(s):

(202) 564-3810

Related topics:

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• AIR POLLUTION
• CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
• ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

NWHIC record number O-3909