The < a><a href= Environme nt>< a>Environme< a>nt<a>al Protection Age< a>ncy (EP< a>A) is a fe< a href="">dera< a>l agency of th e United States gov ernm ent respo< a>nsible for protecting hum< a>an health and the <a href=Envir onme nt>envir< a>onment<< a>a>. It wa s es< a>tablished< a> in 1970 t< a href="">o re< a>duce <a hr ef=< a>Pollutio< a>n>< a href="">poll< a>ution<a>< a> and prote ct t< a>he <a hre f=E nviro< a href="">nmen< a>t>environment<a> for fut< a href="">ure < a>generations.
The < a><a href= Environme nt>< a>Environme< a>nt<a>al Protection Age< a>ncy (EP< a>A) is a fe< a href="">dera< a>l agency of th e United States gov ernm ent that is responsible for pr< a href="">otec< a>ting human health a< a href="">nd t< a>he <a href =E< a>nvironmen< a>t>envi< a>ronment<a>. The EP< a href="">A wa< a>s establi shed in 1970 by Presiden t Ri< a>ch ard N ixon and is part of< a href=""> the< a> United St ates Departme< a>nt of Heal th a< a>nd Huma< a href="">n Se< a>rvices. T he EP A is responsible fo r se< a>tting and enforcing natio< a>nal stand ards for air, water, and lan< a>d <a href =Po lluti< a href="">on>< a>pol< a href="">luti< a>on<a>, as well as for regulatin g <a < a>href=Hazardous_W aste >hazardous w aste <a>.< a href=""><br>< a><br>The EPA works t< a href="">o pr< a>otect hum an he alth and the <a < a>href=En vironment< a href="">>env< a>ironment<< a>a> by dev elop ing and enforcin< a>g regulat ions that limi< a>t the amou nt o< a>f pollutants that c< a href="">an b< a>e r elea sed into the air, w< a href="">ater< a>, and lan d. Th e EPA also works to< a href=""> red< a>uc e the amount of <a href< a>=Hazard ous_Waste< a href="">>haz< a>ardous waste<a> th at is p rodu ced and disposed of in < a>the Unite d Sta tes. The EPA also w< a href="">orks to protect < a href=""><a h< a>ref=Pub lic_Health >pu< a>blic health<a> by < a href="">sett< a>in g sta ndard< a href="">s fo< a>r drinkin g wat er, food safety, an d <a< a> href=R adiatio n_Pro< a href="">tect< a>ion>radiation prot ecti on<a< a href="">>.<b< a>r><br>The< a> EPA also < a href="">work< a>s to protect the < a href=""><a h< a>ref=Env ironment>< a href="">envi< a>ronment<< a>a> by deve lopi ng and enforcing regu latio< a href="">ns t< a>hat limit the < a>amount of pollutant s th< a>at can be releas< a>ed into th e ai< a>r, water, and land.< a href=""> The< a> EPA also < a href="">work< a>s to re duce the amount of <a href=< a>Hazardo us_Waste>< a href="">haza< a>rdous waste<a> that is pr< a href="">oduc< a>ed and di sposed of in the United < a href="">Stat< a>es. The E PA also works to protect << a href="">a hr< a>ef=Publ ic_Health< a href="">>pub< a>lic health<a> b< a>y setting stan dards< a href=""> for< a> drinking wate r, food safety, and <a < a>href=Radi ation_Prot ecti on>radia< a>tion prot ection<a> .<br ><br>< a href="">The < a>EPA also works to prot< a href="">ect < a>the <a hre f=< a>Environme< a>nt>envir onment<a> by < a>dev< a href="">elop< a>ing and e nforcing r< a href="">egul< a>ations that limit t< a href="">he a< a>mount of p ollu ta< a>nts that can b e release< a>d into the air< a>, water, and l and. The EPA also works to red< a href="">uce < a>the amoun t of < a><a href= Hazardous _Was te>hazar< a>dous waste<a> th at i< a>s produced and disp< a href="">osed< a> of in the Uni< a>ted States. The EPA also works to p< a href="">rote< a>ct <a hre f=P ublic< a href="">_Hea< a>lth>public heal th<a< a href="">> by< a> setting s tand ards for drinking w ater , food safety, and < a href=""><a href=Radiat ion_ Prote< a href="">ctio< a>n>radiation protec tion <a>.< a href=""><br>< a><br>The EPA also works to < a>protect t he <a href=Environmen t>en viron< a href="">ment< a>< a> by developi< a>ng and enf orci ng regula< a>tions tha t lim it the amount of poll< a href="">utan< a>ts that c an be released< a> into the < a href="">air,< a> water, a nd la nd. The EPA also work< a href="">s to< a> reduce th e am< a>ount of < a hre f=Hazar< a>dous_Waste>< a href="">haza< a>rdous waste<a> tha t is< a> produced and dispo< a href="">sed < a>of in the < a href="">Unit< a>ed< a> States. The E PA also works to pr< a href="">otec< a>t <a href =Pu blic_< a href="">Heal< a>th>public h ealt h<a>< a href=""> by setting st anda rds for drinking wa ter, food safety, and <a href=< a href="">Ra< a>diation_Protection >rad iatio< a href="">n pr< a>otection<a>.<br> <br> The EPA also works < a href="">to p< a>rotect th e <a < a>href=Environment >env ir< a>onment<a> by devel< a href="">opin< a>g and enf orcing reg< a href="">ulat< a>ions that limit the< a href=""> amount of pollu< a href="">tant< a>s that ca n be < a>released into the a< a href="">ir, < a>water, an d land.< a> The EPA a< a href="">lso < a>works to r educ e the amount of <a href< a>=Hazard ous_Waste>h azar dous wast< a>e<a> tha t is < a>produced and dispos ed o< a>f in the Uni< a href="">ted < a>States. T he EP A also works to pro< a href="">tect< a> <a href= Pub lic_H< a href="">ealth>public he alth <a> by setting sta ndar ds for drinking wat er, < a>foo< a href="">d sa< a>fety, and <a h< a>ref=Radiation_Pr otection>< a href="">radi< a>ation protection<a>.<br> <br>The EP< a href="">A al< a>so works t o pr< a>otect the <a h ref=Env< a>ironment>en< a href="">viro< a>nment<a>< a> by develo ping and enforcing regu lati ons that limit the amount < a href="">of p< a>ollutants that can be released in to t< a>he air, w ate r, a< a>nd land. The E PA also works to re< a href="">duce< a> the amou nt of <a href=< a>Hazardous< a>_Waste>h azardous w< a href="">aste< a><a> =>that is p roduc< a href="">ed a< a>nd dispos ed of i n the United States. The EPA< a> also wor ks to protect <a href=< a href="">Public< a>_Health> public hea< a href="">lth<< a>a> by se tting stan< a href="">dard< a>s for dri nking w ater, food< a href=""> saf< a>ety, and < a hr< a>ef=Radiation_Pro tection>r< a href="">adia< a>tion pr< a>otection<< a>a>.<br><br>The EPA als< a>o works t o pro tect t