EPA Journal, Volume 16; Volume 19The Office, 1990 |
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Page 60 - The internal market shall comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured...
Page 14 - The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as Amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
Page 9 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) --share responsibility for providing pesticide regulatory services to both food consumers and food providers.
Page 60 - France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Page 57 - Our national government today is not structured to make a coordinated attack on the pollutants which debase the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land that grows our food.
Page 57 - Once a photograph of the earth, taken from the outside, is available — once the sheer isolation of the earth becomes plain — a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.
Page 34 - A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.
Page 1 - Agency is charged by Congress with protecting the Nation's land, air, and water resources. Under a mandate of national environmental laws, the Agency strives to formulate and implement actions leading to a compatible balance between human activities and the ability of natural systems to support and nurture life. To meet this mandate, EPA's research program is providing data and technical...
Page 35 - Decade on Water realized the provision of water installations for 700 million new users and sanitary facilities for 350 million persons. The World Bank and three multi-lateral regional banks -the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank -marched to the front lines by providing major contributions.
Page 2 - Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us, and training them into a better race to inhabit the land and pass it on.