EPA Research Updates
When wildfires reach urban areas, the materials burned may contain more toxic chemicals than those from wildfires that consume wood and other natural materials. EPA researchers developed a unique combustion system to obtain near real-world results on the health effects of smoke from wildfires and prescribed fires. This research will provide important safety information for future wildfires.
EPA is committed to advancing environmental justice and bringing the benefits of environmental protection to everyone. EPA researchers have developed a suite of tools to help support local actions to reduce ongoing environmental public health risks exacerbated by both decades of inequality and the unfolding climate crisis.
EPA researchers were part of this year's team of authors awarded the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science Newcomb Cleveland Prize. The prize is given to the authors of one Science article each year to recognize its quality of scholarship, innovation, presentation, likelihood of influencing the field, and wider interdisciplinary significance. The team won for their research that helped solve a nearly 30 year mystery of the cause of death of mass numbers of bald eagles in 1994.
This year marks the ten year anniversary of EPA's scientific integrity policy. Relying on the policy ensures we conduct, communicate, manage and use science with honesty, integrity, and transparency within and outside the Agency. Learn about milestones in scientific integrity.
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS, are a large group of human-made organic compounds with properties that make many of them persistent in the environment. EPA researchers may have found an effective method to destroy PFAS in a way that has potential for larger scale. Read about the research in the Scientific American article How to Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’.
Meet Our Researchers
Meet EPA Chemist Antony Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. Antony Williams builds software applications that provide access to data and models to scientists, both within and outside of EPA. Read more about his work.
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