enviormental acts and treaties - Felix and John Joseph

Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Sep 8, 1938

Requires the food and drug administration (FDA) to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing.

Clean Air Act (US)

Dec 17, 1963

The Clean Air Act (US) is a comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions.

Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species (INT)

Jul 1, 1973

CITES (INT) is an international agreement signed by 184 parties in 1973 designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the world

Endangered Species Act (US)

Dec 28, 1973

The Endangered Species Act provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad.

Safe Drinking Water Act (US)

Dec 16, 1974

The Safe Drinking Water Act (US) 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.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US)

Oct 21, 1976

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave.

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, Liability Act (US)

Dec 11, 1980

Also known as CERCLA or Superfund provides 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.

Clean Water Act (US)

Oct 18, 1982

The Clean Water Act (US) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters.

Montreal Protocol (INT)

Sep 16, 1987

The Montreal Protocol is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS)

Kyoto Protocol (INT)

Dec 11, 1997

the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.