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The EPA proposed to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to limits on those substances for water utilities.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been under pressure for months to further crack down on environmental contaminants.
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Microplastics are microscopic pieces of plastic that have been discovered everywhere from inside human bodies to drinking water to the depths of oceans and Arctic ice.
The Trump administration on Thursday moved to list, for the first time, microplastics and pharmaceuticals under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) draft list of contaminants impacting the nation's drinking water. "For too long, Americans have vocalized concerns about plastics and pharmaceuticals in their drinking water. That ends today," EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement. The post MAHA: Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals Listed as Contaminants in Water Supply for First Time. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has added microplastics and pharmaceuticals to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) draft list of contaminants for the first time. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, public health officials, and government regulators. WHEN & WHERE: Announced Thursday as part of the EPA’s Contaminant Candidate List update under the Safe Drinking Water Act. KEY QUOTE: “One analysis estimates that the average person ingests tens of thousands microplastic particles each year through food, water, and air. Another study reports concentrations in the brain…Open
The move drew praise from leaders of the Make America Healthy Again movement who had recently criticized the agency’s handling of toxic chemicals.
There's been a lot of public is concerned about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday afternoon will announce the Trump administration's plans to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in relation to drinking water. The administration is touting the proposal as a win for the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement. “For too long, Americans have vocalized concerns about plastics and pharmaceuticals in their drinking water," Zeldin said in a written statement that was first shared with The Hill. "That ends today." The EPA will add these substances and others, including "forever chemicals," to a draft of its “Sixth Contaminant Candidate List,” which puts the chemicals on track…