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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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Halogenated Fire Retardants (HFRs) in Healthcare - Slideshow (PDF)

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This slideshow, by Sarah Janssen, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council, examines the use of halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in health care along with the potential routes of exposure to the chemicals and the associated health risks...

Flyer Urging Trader Joe's To Be A Fearless Leader (PDF)

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Flyer urging Trader Joe's to lead the way for all responsible grocers by selling only meat raised without antibiotics, and help stop the spread of deadly, antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’ in humans.

Climate and Health Briefer for Ohio (PDF)

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Ohio has a significant interest in the pending action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect Americans from dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants – pollution that threatens the health of Ohio residents and other Americans and...

Improving Transportation Choices (PDF)

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Transportation guzzles petroleum for three reasons: Inefficient vehicles, overreliance on oil-derived fuel, and ever-increasing traffic. The last factor is often overlooked. This first-of-its-kind NRDC analysis maps out one possible future with less traffic thanks to better price signals, investments in...

Presentation: Economics of Plutonium Recycle (PDF)

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A presentation delivered on December 11, 2009 at Johns Hopkins University by Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, arguing against reprocessing spent uranium and plutonium, and instead continuing the current open fuel cycle system...

International Regulation of Uranium Fuel Cycle Facilities (PDF)

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In this draft discussion paper NRDC proposes a major new supplement to current IAEA safeguards requirements for uranium enrichment (and later other nuclear fuel cycle activities) in order to strengthening international controls over the nuclear fuel facilities.