Recent Developments from the Environmental Protection Agency

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: November 20, 2003 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following are some U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developments which may be of interest. For more information on any of these subjects, call the appropriate contact.

Science Inventory Launched for Public Use

Suzanne Ackerman: 202-564-7827 or ackerman.suzanne(At)epa.gov

To make EPA's quality science available to researchers and all citizens, the EPA Science Inventory was launched on Nov. 18th for public access. The Science...

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