• About Us
  • What is DfE?
  • Quienes Somos? (Spanish)
  • Safer Product Labeling
  • DfE's Alternatives
    Assessments Program
  • DfE Stakeholder Groups
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • DfE on Facebook!
• About the DfE Label
  • Why Look for the Label?
  • Which Products Have
    the DfE Label?
  • DfE Standard for Cleaning Products
• Earn the DfE Label
  • What Does the DfE Label Mean?
  • How to Partner, Get the
    DfE Label
  • DfE Criteria for Safer
    Chemical Ingredients
  • DfE Antimicrobial Pesticide
    Pilot Project
• Labeled Products
  • For Consumers
  • For Industrial & Institutional
    Purchasers
• DfE Projects
  • DfE's Alternatives
    Assessments Program
  • BPA in Thermal Paper
  • Flame Retardant Alternatives
    to decaBDE
  • Flame Retardant Alternatives
    for Hexabromocyclododecane
    (HBCD)
  • Flame Retardants in
    Circuit Boards
  • Nonylphenol Ethoxylate (NPE)
    Surfactants
  • Alternatives to Certain Phthalates
  • Lithium-ion Batteries
    & Nanotechnology
  • Safer Detergents
    Stewardship Initiative
  • DfE's Best Practices Partnerships
• Resources
  • Publications
  • CleanGredients® (database
    of safer ingredients)

 

DfE Contacts

How to Partner
Clive Davies
davies.clive@epa.gov

Safer Product Labeling/Formulator Program
David Difiore
difiore.david@epa.gov
Libby Sommer
sommer.elizabeth@epa.gov

Spray Polyurethane Foam Best Practices
Mary Cushmac
cushmac.mary@epa.gov

Flame Retardants in Printed Circuit Boards Partnership
Emma Lavoie
lavoie.emma@epa.gov

Flame Retardants Alternatives to Decabromodiphenylether Partnership
Emma Lavoie
lavoie.emma@epa.gov

Alternatives to BPA in Thermal Paper Partnership
Caroline Baier-Anderson
baier-anderson.caroline@epa.gov

Phthalates Alternatives Partnership
Caroline Baier-Anderson
baier-anderson.caroline@epa.gov

Lithium-ion Batteries and Nanotechnology Partnership
Kathy Hart
hart.kathy@epa.gov

Automotive Refinishing Partnership
Mary Cushmac (cushmac.mary@epa.gov)
David Difiore (difiore.david@epa.gov)

Best Practices
Mary Cushmac
cushmac.mary@epa.gov

Lead-Free Solder Partnership
Kathy Hart
hart.kathy@epa.gov

Life-Cycle Assessments
Kathy Hart
hart.kathy@epa.gov

Wire and Cable Partnership
Kathy Hart
hart.kathy@epa.gov

Internships
Libby Sommer
sommer.elizabeth@epa.gov

DfE Publications
NSCEP
ncepimal@one.net

Historic Partnerships - Please contact dfe@epa.gov

Furniture Flame Retardancy Partnership

Garment and Textile Care Partnership

Nail Salon Project

Printed Wiring Board Partnership

Screen Printing Partnership

Lithographic Printing Partnership

Gravure Printing Partnership

Flexographic Printing Partnership

Integrated Environmental Management Systems

Adhesives in Foam Furniture and Sleep Products Industries Partnership

Computer Display Partnership

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