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Combats trafficking of illegally taken wildlife, fish, or plants. -
Provides technical and financial assistance to developing countries with the objectives of reducing poverty and promoting growth. -
dedicated to the improvement of human health by monitoring and assessing health trends and providing medical advice to countries -
Requires the FDA to ban food additives that are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing. -
The comprehensive federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions. -
Oversees all governmental efforts related to the environment, including science, research, assessment, and education. -
Responsible for the enforcement of health and safety regulations. -
Strengthens environmental standards and practices while helping implement environmental obligations at the county, regional, and global levels. -
Designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. -
The primary law in the US for protecting imperiled species. -
Establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the US and regulating quality standards for surface waters. -
Gives the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. -
Ensures safe drinking water for the public. -
Regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the US -
Oversees US national energy, policy, and manages the research and development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the US. -
Provides a federal "superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned waste sites as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment.
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Protects the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances. -
Commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.