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Research Programs
Contact
Elaine Francis (Francis.Elaine@epa.gov)
National Program Director
Pesticides and Toxics Program
202-564-0928
The Pesticides and Toxics Program in EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has two main research areas:
Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research
Mission
To provide EPA and others with the scientific information needed to reduce or prevent unreasonable risks to humans, wildlife, and non-target plants from exposures to pesticides, toxic chemicals, and products of biotechnology.
Multi-Year Plan (PDF) (103pp, 548KB)
Related Research Strategies
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Wildlife Research Strategy (PDF) (56pp, 5.5MB)
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Biotechnology Research Strategy (PDF) (52pp, 6.6MB)
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Computational Toxicology Framework (PDF) (56pp, 2.5MB)
Endocrine Disruptors Research
Mission
To provide EPA with the scientific information it needs to reduce or prevent unreasonable risks to humans and wildlife from exposures to individual pesticides and toxic chemicals and environmental mixtures of chemicals that interfere with the function of the endocrine system.
Endocrine Disruptors Research Multi-Year Plan - under revision
Draft Endocrine Disruptors Multi-Year Plan (PDF) (77 pp, 393K)