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Lacey Act
limited how much you can hunt and what plants and trees can be cut down. -
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Makes sure food and drugs are safe for consumption and tests for the tolerances of pesticides in agricultural foods. -
Clean Air Act
Meant to reduce emissions and pollution in the air -
Clean Water Act
NPDE monitored- discharges of pollutants into water -
National Environmental Policy Act
Information on federally funded projects must be presented to the peopel -
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Protect the health and safety of employees -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
Protect the environment and public health from pesticides. Must put pesticides of labels. -
Stockholm Declaration
To provide encouragement and guidelines to protect and repair the human envoronment -
Endangered Species Act
Government could protect an endangered plant or animal habitats. It also has a recovery plan for each species. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Bans trading specieson the endangered species list, internationally (145 Countries total) -
Safe Drinking Water Act
EPA- set enforce standards for water quality -
Toxic Substances Control Act
Allowed the EPA to control toxic and harmful substances and investigate the ingedients of products -
Law of the Sea Convention
Split the Ocean in jurisdictional areas for nations and the areas of the seas they claim -
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
Provides cleaning plans and community information systems about oil and chemical spills -
Motreal Protocol
Phases out products that cause ozone depletion -
CERCLA
limits leaking waste from factories
- because of a River in Ohio catching fire in 1986 -
Oil Pollution Act
To save and return areas affected by oil spills back to normal. It also requires the company responsible for the spill to clean it with money provided by OPA -
Food Quality Production Act
EPA- Ensures pesticides in food meet safety standards resulting in safer pesticides -
Kyoto Protocol
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by putting penalties in place
