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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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NRDC v. FDA - Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Case No. 12-2106 (PDF)

Legal filings
Case No. 12-2106: Petition for rehearing en banc in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals by Natural Resources Defense Council; Center for Science in the Public Interest; Food Animal Concerns Trust; Public Citizen; and Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc...

FSIS Inspection Reports for Foster Farms (PDF)

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Records provided to NRDC by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed March 7, 2014. NRDC requested that FSIS provide "any written findings of non-compliance, including but not limited to Notices...

Coalition Letter on Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Hazards (PDF)

Letters
Californians for Pesticide Reform and over 70 other groups including NRDC outline evidence of how use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in California has contaminated our environment and people and could be harming children’s ability to learn. The letter urges the...

Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind and Right Whale Agreement (PDF)

Letters
A letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announcing an agreement between environmental groups and leading offshore wind developers to incorporate measures to protect right whales during Mid-Atlantic offshore wind development.

USWTR Summary Judgment Order (PDF)

Legal filings
Judge Wood's order denying plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit that challenged the Navy's decision to build and operate a 500-square-mile undersea warfare training range next to the only known calving...