Ensuring Environmental Justice and Health Protection
Millions of American families live in toxic clouds wafting from chemical plants and know the agony of hugging a child choking from asthma or holding the hand of...
Expert Blog
The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
How Can I Find Out If I Have a Lead Service Line?
Most of our household plumbing contains some amount of lead, whether in faucets, fittings, lead solder, or lead pipes, but lead service lines present the larges...
Can I Use Water Sampling to Identify a Lead Service Line?
If you are trying to find out if you have a lead service line and you are comfortable with uncertainty and do not want to dig up your yard, water sampling can p...
NRDC Sues to Protect Kids from Perchlorate in Tap Water
The toxic chemical is a component of rocket fuel, munitions, and fireworks—and has already been found in drinking water in 26 states. ...
EPA Refuses to Protect Children from Perchlorate-Contaminated Tap Water
The agency defies a court order, the law, and science. ...
Lead Contaminated Water: EPA’s Proposal Fails Our Kids
We have learned from the ongoing lead in water crises in Flint, Michigan ; Newark, New Jersey ; and Washington, DC , for example, that no community and no...