ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Environmental Protection Agency mean? 

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (noun)
  The noun ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY has 1 sense:

1. an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

  Familiarity information: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

E.P.A.; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA

Hypernyms ("Environmental Protection Agency" is a kind of...):

independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)

 Context examples 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets standards to control the emission of these particulates and to protect the public health.

(Airborne Particulate Matter, NCI Thesaurus)

Arsenic levels in public drinking water cannot exceed 10 parts per billion (ppb), which is the standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

(Low doses of arsenic cause cancer in male mice, NIH)

They must be registered with the Environmental Protection Agency and must conform to specifications.

(Fungicide, NCI Thesaurus)

The control group received no arsenic in its drinking water, while the two experimental groups received either the Environmental Protection Agency standard of 10 parts per billion of arsenic or 42.5 parts per million of arsenic, a level known to have detrimental effects in mice.

(Low-level arsenic exposure before birth associated with early puberty and obesity in female mice, NIH)

The findings suggest that 44,793 new cases of kidney disease and 2,438 new cases of kidney failure may be attributed to levels of air pollution that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's threshold of 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air, which is the highest level of air pollution considered safe for the public

(Breathing Dirty Air May Harm Kidneys, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)