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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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NOAA Letter on Gulf Seafood Safety (PDF)

Letters
Letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration making recommendations to improve the monitoring and assessment of seafood safety in the Gulf following the BP oil spill disaster.

NRDC Lawsuit to Ban Chlorpyrifos (PDF)

Legal filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) petition the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

Letter to EPA on Gulf Coast Air Monitoring (PDF)

Letters
Coalition letter to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lisa Jackson, requesting improvements to the air quality monitoring conducted in response to the Gulf Oil Spill. The letter addresses community health issues associated with the oil spill and clean-up and...

NRDC Comments for Nanosilver SAP November 2009 (PDF)

Comments
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)

Comments
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)

Comments
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...