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Respond to the Nation's Complex, Critical Challenges with Timely, Innovative Approaches
The White House Report "Science for the 21st Century" notes the importance of responding to the nation's complex, critical challenges with timely, innovative approaches. Science provides the foundation for the development of public policy surrounding high-priority issues in areas such as homeland and national security, health, environment, and energy.
The goal of much of EPA's science research is to gain a better understanding of environmental risks to people and ecosystems. As this understanding is advanced, EPA can better target the hazards that pose the greatest risks and anticipate environmental problems before they reach a critical level.
The following examples of EPA science in action show the Agency's support of this area of responsibility:
- Application of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Technology to the Beach Monitoring Program
- The Biological Condition Gradient
- Computational Toxicology
- Development of a Regional Contaminated Sediment Inventory for New England
- Methods Development for Alkylphenol Ehoxylates Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
- Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV)
- Mobile Sources
- Monitoring Aquatic Resources
- Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS)
- Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program
- Transition to Sustainability
- Watershed Scale Water Quality Early Warning Systems (WQEWS)