• 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
  • DfE's Best Practices Partnerships
  • BPA in Thermal Paper
  • Flame Retardant Alternatives
    to decaBDE
  • Flame Retardant Alternatives
    for Hexabromocyclododecane
    (HBCD)
  • Flame Retardants in
    Circuit Boards
  • Alternatives to Certain Phthalates
  • Lithium-ion Batteries
    & Nanotechnology
  • Safer Detergents
    Stewardship Initiative
  • Automotive Refinishing
  • Spray Polyurethane Foam
• Resources
  • Publications
  • CleanGredients® (database
    of safer ingredients)

 

Internships

About Us | Program History | Internships | Related Programs

The Design for the Environment (DfE) Program forms voluntary partnerships with industry and other stakeholders to incorporate environmental considerations -- especially Green Chemistry -- into the design of products (www.epa.gov/dfe). The Program conducts hazard-based Chemical Alternatives Assessment for Agency Priority Chemicals, and allows use of EPA's DfE logo on more sustainable products that meet stringent criteria. Created in 1992, DfE is working with industry and other relevant stakeholders to:

• conduct hazard-based Chemical Alternatives Assessments and Life Cycle Assessments;
• develop criteria that defines safer chemistry by functional class based on hazard characteristics;
• explore safer chemistry for the electronics industry;
• find safer flame retardants for a range of applications, including autos, airplanes buildings, and furniture;
• work with companies to develop safer chemical products, such as cleaning products for home and industrial use.

Interns will assist staff in developing policy and conducting research for the Safer Product Labeling Program and Chemical Alternatives Assessments. Work can include:

• researching technologies and chemistries;
• summarizing office knowledge on technical topics;
• database development;
• contributing to policy development; and
• writing and presenting summaries of technical information.

Ideal candidates will be graduate students pursuing degrees in environmental science, chemistry, biology, toxicology, environmental policy, social sciences, or communications. Candidates with degrees or experience in database development, website design, and graphic design are also encouraged to apply.

Deadlines:
Summer Internship:
Application due: March 15, Decision by: April 2
Fall Internship:
Application due: June 15, Decision by July 15
Winter/ Spring Internship:
Application due: October 15, Decision by November 15

Contacts:
Cal Baier-Anderson baier-anderson.caroline@epa.gov or
Emma Lavoie lavoie.emma@epa.gov

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