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States that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set effluent limits of dioxin based on the pulp processing technology in issuing rules to control the pulp and paper industry's combined air and water discharges. Details on the final rule; Comments from the EPA; Information on the amount pulp the United States pulp industry produces.

Reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) targeting of incinerators for regulatory actions in connection with the agency's findings on the health effects of dioxins. Incinerators as major source of dioxins; Two incinerator types; Proposed standards; Role of chlorine in dioxin production; Emission controls; Recycling option. INSET: What happened to pulp and paper?, by Jeff Johnson..

The article reports on the debate on whether lead should be removed from the list of six "criteria" air pollutants that are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The debate began when EPA discussed the possibility of removing lead from the list of air pollutants because ambient lead levels are no longer a problem in most parts of United States. The option, which was widely rejected by environmental groups and Congress members, Representative Henry Waxman and Senator Barbara Boxer, was mentioned in the December 5, 2006 draft agency staff paper developed as part of a review of the criteria standard. EPA was required by the Clean Air Act to review, and if needed, update the six criteria pollutants every 5 years.