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Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (US)
No cancer causing agent as demonstrated in humans or animals, shall be deliberately added to or found as a containment in food. -
Clean Air Act (US)
The Clean Air Act is a comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions. It controls domestic and industrial smoke, improving overall air quality. -
Clean Water Act
The CWA is the principle law governing pollution control and water quality of the Nation's waterways. The object of the CWA is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the Nation's waters. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (INT)
It is an international agreement between governments to ensure international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species. It establishes a framework for countries to cooperate with each other to ensure that plant and animal species aren't depleted by international demand. -
Safe Drinking Water Act
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. This law focuses on all waters actually or potentially designed for drinking use, whether from above ground or underground sources. -
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act establishes protections for fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered. It is used for preparing and implementing plans for their recovery; provides for interagency cooperation to avoid take of listed species and for issuing permits for otherwise prohibited activities; provides for cooperation with States, including authorization of financial assistance; and implements the provisions of the CITES treaty. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
It set national goals for protecting human health and the natural environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal; conserving energy and natural resources; reducing the amount of waste generated through source reduction and recycling; and ensuring the management of waste in an environmentally sound manner. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)
This act is also known as CERCLA. It is a federal "superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment . -
Montreal Protocol (INT)
A global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). ODS are substances that were commonly used in products such as refrigerators, air conditioners, fire extinguishers, and aerosols. -
Kyoto Protocol (INT)
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty adopted in 1997 that aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming. The protocol called for reducing the emissions of six greenhouse gases in 41 countries plus the European Union to 5.2 percent below 1990 levels.