Tackling Cumulative Impacts: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Whole-of-Agency Approach.

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is embracing a whole-of-Agency approach to understand and address cumulative impacts-the totality of exposures to both chemical and non-chemical stressors-to meet its mission to protect human health and the environment, and to fulfill Executive Orders aimed at advancing environmental justice.