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Abstract
An agency in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. It was created as an independent regulatory agency responsible for the implementation of federal laws designed to protect the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the ENVIRONMENT.
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Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- Environmental Protection Agency, United States
- USEPA
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9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
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History Note
1991(1982)
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- Government Agencies (1968-1981)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014484. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014484
- United States Environmental Protection Agency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency
- United States Environmental Protection Agency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460173