arkansas
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converge since almost all business sectors today are
Did you know?
affected by them,” Hecht said.
Forty going on figid14cy
T
he EPA was established to consolidate a
variety of federal research, monitoring,
The EPA at 40 shows a history of promogid19fng important
standard-segid1abng and en-
policies and regulagid19fons to control the release of toxic
forcement acgid19fvigid19fes in
and harmful pollutants. Although that job isn’t done,
one agency to ensure
Hecht says, “The EPA aiming for its 50th birthday must
environmental protec-
focus on advancing science and technology, the princi-
gid19fon. Its mission is to
ples and pracgid19fces that make sustainability operagid19fonal
protect human health
in urban designing managing water systems, and in
and to safeguard the nat-
the producgid19fon of goods and services.
ural environment—air,
water, and land—upon which life depends
“Now is a new era for EPA with a strong emphasis on
sustainability and a green economy. Progress toward
sustainability must come at all levels of the economy
from local to state to nagid19fonal and internagid19fonal.”
Who would
The secret life of sour cream
you invite?
The more people understand the importance of sus-
tainability, the more they will take appropriate ac- I
f Dr. Hecht could extend
only one invitagid19fon to a
gid19fons, he says. The EPA has been commigid1a9ed to special person he would
providing public informagid19fon on pollutants, but, look- like to agid1a9end the NWA
ing ahead, they will aim to provide more informagid19fon Green Expo, it would look
on product design and manufacturing from a life cycle like this: “Dear Mr. President. I hope you can
approach. join us in Arkansas for an important green expo
that is crigid19fcal to your goals of a green and sus-
To illustrate, Dr. Hecht suggests viewing the Walmart
tainable economy.”
Web page which has a short video called "The Secret
TWITTER
Life of Sour Cream. Here the engid19fre producgid19fon
process is described, emphasizing how it can be made
green and cost effecgid19fve.
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EPA accomplishments:
To see all the accomplishments of the EPA in
the last 40 years, visit www.epa.gov/ORD
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