Protection

The United States Environmental Protection Agency, is an agency of the federal government of the U.S. It was created to protect human health and the environment by enforcing regulations based on laws passed by congress. This agency conducts environmental assessments, research, and education. Their responsibility is maintaining and enforcing national standards under a variety of environmental laws, in consultation with state, and local governments. They delegate permitting, monitoring, and enforcement

automobiles; the cars of Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen, all owned by Volkswagen AG (Customer Report, customerreports.org) were all affected. When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was informed of this allegation, they set out an investigation to see whether this was true or false. The news broke when the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had determined that Volkswagen had installed a “defeat device,” otherwise known as a software code used to cheat on emissions tests, on approximately

In 1970’s a person home will be engulfed in flames in 17 minutes, today, three minutes, what changed? In the 1970’s homes were almost made to prevent the spread of fire. The National Fire Protection Association or NFPA were making stronger codes and stricter standers for homes. Today they are still in effect, but a fire in today’s home can spread five times quicker. The reason why today’s home catches on fire quicker is how the house is made of, the house layout, the furniture in the home, and how

the manufacturing and processing of products. These hazards were often left abandoned and no one really paid attention to their effect on our environment. In the 1980s Congress established a Superfund Program. It was left for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the superfund program, to find these hazardous sites, investigate and determine the worst ones, and then clean up those sites across the United States. Over 15,000 sites were identified and 1,400 were named to the National

Cultural Stewardship: CBP plays a role in protecting and enhancing culture for future generations, and takes significant conservation into account in planning and carrying out facilities and operational activities. CBP promotes communication and partnerships with Native groups, private sector, and important government entities, to safeguard traditional and cultural resources and guarantee their accountability and respectful treatment. HISTORY: The U.S customs service was initially established

As the Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs) regulations though the Clean Air Act (CAA) for monitoring and policing air emissions through best, newest and current technologies, for the betterment of public health and welfare there are many options to be compliant per industry and region. With options, come the pros and cons for each regarding the polluter (industry) and the monitor (EPA). Additionally the EPA through the CAA identifies in Title II, Parts A-C, the regulatory requirements for stationary

all children are safe and the sections specifically focus on child protection. The welfare of the child is paramount. Child Act 2004 In 2003 a Laming report criticized the approach of the

Safeguarding involves everything a setting does, including their procedures and policies etc, to ensure children are kept safe and healthy, and that the risk of them coming to harm or being involved in an accident, is minimised. Child protection however, is just one aspect of safeguarding and focusses on how children are protected from abuse and neglect. Safeguarding is defined in ‘Working together to safeguard children 2013’ as: • Protecting children from maltreatment • Preventing impairment of

Testing and Privacy Outside of the protection of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, many states have issued this problem as a privacy issue between employer and employee instead of a protected classification. “Nowhere in the United States Constitution is explicit reference made to the right of privacy. The Supreme Court, however, has interpreted the Constitution to provide for individual privacy in certain areas such as reproduction, contraception, abortion and marriage. There

their information safe Cadbury implement this in such as secrets or ingredients to their products must be kept safe. The Data protection Act 1998 (DPA) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Brittan and Northern Ireland. This defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. This is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. Even though the act itself