Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (EPA)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established as an independent agency on December 2, 1970 during President Nixon's term in office. The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment air, water, and land upon which life depends.

A federal agency created to permit coordinated and effective governmental action to preserve the quality of the environment.

The U.S. regulatory agency for biotechnology of microbes. The major laws under which the agency has regulatory powers are the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The federal body charged with responsibility for natural resource protection and oversight of the release of toxins and other threats to the environment.