In addition to its headquarters and regional offices, the EPA maintains a network of laboratories that conduct cutting edge research and carry out scientific and technical activities within the fields regulated by the agency. This is done through direct implementation, partnerships with state, local and tribal governments, private industry and the academic community. Areas of study include: human health and ecological risk assessments; the integration of hazard, dose-response; the development of exposure data and models to produce risk characterizations; investigating clinical and epidemiological investigations to better understand human response to pollution; and the effects of contaminants and other stressors on the environment.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Laboratories and Research Centers
  Access to laboratories, research centers, and other EPA scientific organizations.
• Research and Development - Labs, Centers, and Offices
  ORD web links relating to the ORD's labs, centers, and offices.
• Labs for the 21st Century
  This is the homepage for the Laboratories for the 21st Century website.

Laboratories

Models
Air Models, Emission Factor Models, Exposure Assessment Models, Livestock Analysis Models, Mass Balance Models, Multimedia Integrated Models, Risk Models, Water Models

Monitoring
Biomonitoring, Monitoring Stations, Monitoring Wells, Remote Sensing, Sampling

Research Grants

Research Publications

Risk Assessment

Technology Transfer

Test Methods
Drinking Water Methods, Marine Water Methods