Environmental Acts and Treaties - Amaya Deans

Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Aug 13, 1958

Requires the FDA to ban food which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals. This is indicated by testing the different activities.

Clean Air Act

Dec 31, 1970

Is a United States federal law to control air pollution on a national level. It is the most influential modern environmental laws, and one of the most comprehensive air quality laws in the world.

Clean Water Act

Oct 18, 1972

Established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the water of the United States. It also gave the EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry.

Endangered Species Act

Dec 28, 1973

This act of 1973 is the primary law in the United States for protecting species. It allows individuals and organizations to petition to have a species listed as endangered or threatened.

Safe Drinking Water Act

Dec 16, 1974

The Federal law that protects public drinking water supplies throughout the nation. Grants the EPA permission to set maximum containment level (MCL) standards or drinking water quality to public safety.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (INT)

Jul 1, 1975

CITES is a multilateral international treaty designed to protect endangered plants and animals. This global agreement amount among governments helps regulate or ban international trade trade in species under threat.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Oct 21, 1976

Gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle to grave" RCRA also set forth a framework for the management of non-hazardous solid waste.

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Acts (US)

Dec 11, 1980

Provides federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites. They also cover accidents, spills, and other emergency releases and contaminants into the environment.

Montreal Protocol

Sep 16, 1987

Is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer. This is by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances such as CFC's.

Kyoto Protocol

Dec 11, 1997

Is an international agreement linked to United Nations framework convention on climate change. Which sets international binding emission reduction targets for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.