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Double Trouble

Fact SheetUnited StatesDr. Katie Pelch, Shannon Goff, Dr. Anna Reade, Renée Sharp

PFAS microplastics are forever.

Neonic Pesticides Threaten Human Health

Fact SheetUnited StatesDr. Jennifer Sass, Daniel Raichel

Roughly half of all Americans are exposed to neurotoxic neonic pesticides on any given day, and children are especially at risk.

What Are the Solutions to Climate Change?

GuideUnited States, InternationalJeff Turrentine
Some solutions are big and will require billions in investment. Some are small and free. All are achievable.

Safe Drinking Water

GuideUnited StatesAmanda MacMillan

What’s in your drinking water?

Who Doesn’t Have a Car?

MapUnited StatesAli Lehman, Samantha Henningson

A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

New Maps Show Most Congressional Districts Have a PFAS Problem

MapUnited StatesErik D. Olson, Dr. Anna Reade, Susan Lee, Dr. Katie Pelch

Newly released EPA data show widespread toxic “forever chemical” contamination above the safety thresholds that the EPA is now planning to weaken or delay, which will affect 79 percent of congressional districts.

Plásticos de un solo uso 101

GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Aquí está todo lo que necesita saber sobre el omnipresente (y evitable) desperdicios plásticos: el tipo hecho para ser arrojado en cuestión de minutos.

Single-Use Plastics 101

GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall
Here’s everything you need to know about the most ubiquitous (and avoidable) kind of plastic waste: the kind made to be tossed in mere minutes.

Microplastics Are a Growing Threat

Fact SheetUnited StatesDr. Katie Pelch, Renée Sharp, Shannon Goff

10 ways to reduce your (and your family's) exposure to microplastics.

NRDC Dear Representative Opposition Letter S.J. Res 31 (PDF)

Letters
Nearly 100 public health and environmental organizations urging opposition to S.J. Res. 31, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval targeting a rule governing the reclassification of major sources of hazardous air pollution under the Clean Air Act...