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Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

Issue BriefUnited StatesErik D. Olson
Removing lead service lines could save the United States an estimated $786 billion from avoided health impacts over the next 35 years.
Bits of plastic waste float underwater

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla
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Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

ReportUnited StatesJordan Brinn
Reducing the amount of mining needed through improvements in battery technology, second-life applications for vehicle batteries, and better recycling is key to reducing harms caused from battery supply chains.

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Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances (PDF)

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Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances Comments submitted by NRDC and other organizations on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances, January 17, 2017. Comments on the EPA's Chlorpyrifos Issue Paper: Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from Epidemiology Studies Comments...

Comments on HUD's Proposed Rule on Floodplain Management (PDF)

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Comments submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on the proposed rule, "Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard," aimed increasing the nation’s resilience...

Comments on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations (PDF)

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Comments submitted by NRDC and other environmental organizations on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations in the Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life: Implementing Executive Order B-37-16 Public Review Draft.

Risk Evaluation Processes Under Amended TSCA - Comments (PDF)

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Under the newly amended Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is given the authority to obtain data and information on chemicals, conduct risk evaluations, and impose a range of restrictions on those deemed to pose...

Comments Regarding FHWA Performance Measures for Greenhouse Gases (PDF)

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Comments submitted by NRDC, Center for Neighborhood Technology, and the United States Public Interest Research Group on the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on...

Consent-Based Siting for Nuclear Waste Storage (PDF)

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NRDC comments to the Department of Energy in 2016 on efforts to implement a “consent-based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high level defense radioactive waste.”