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Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

ReportUnited StatesBecky Hammer, Erik D. Olson
These report cards grade all 50 states on water funding equity.
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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.
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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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NRDC Comments on the NRC Near-Term Task Force Recommendations (PDF)

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NRDC’s written comments filed on September 2, 2011 on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Near-Term task force recommendations being considered for implementation "without unnecessary delay." Note: NRDC Nuclear Program Director Christopher Paine provided extended oral comments on this same subject...

Testimony of Erik D. Olson Regarding PFAS (PDF)

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The testimony of Erik D. Olson — Senior Director for Health & Food in NRDC's Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program — before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment regarding PFAS.

NRDC Support Letter for NTP Neonic Review (PDF)

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Comments from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Supporting the NIEHS Office of Health Assessment and Translation (OHAT) Review of Neonicotinoid Pesticides. (80 FR 60692; October 7, 2015)

NRDC Comments for Nanosilver SAP November 2009 (PDF)

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Comments from the Natural Resources Defense Council for the November 3-6, 2009, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) session entitled “Assessment of Hazard and Exposure Associated with Nanosilver and other Nanometal Pesticide Products”

Recommendations on IARC Preamble - Comments (PDF)

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Recommendations from NRDC Senior Scientist Jennifer Sass to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on its guidance for evaluating chemical carcinogens. IARC Monographs provide authoritative scientific review and evaluations of agents including industrial chemicals linked to human cancer...

Comments from NRDC to EPA on Neonics (PDF)

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On April 19, 2018, NRDC filed comments on several of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s risk assessments for its review of five neonicotinoid or “neonic” pesticides—acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Neonic pesticides are a major contributor to the current...

NRDC Comments on SAP Nominees (PDF)

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NRDC comments on the nominees for the Scientific Advisory Panel charged with reviewing the science underpinning the regulation of pesticides, and providing advice to the EPA Office of Pesticides.