HUFFPOST - EPA Moves To Designate Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been under pressure for months to further crack down on environmental contaminants.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Sean Noone) - EPA to monitor drinking water for microplastics, pharmaceuticals
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.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Bold New HHS/EPA Move: Cleaner Water Free of Microplastics and Drugs
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - MAHA: Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals Listed as Contaminants in Water Supply for First Time.
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…Open
NYTIMES (Hiroko Tabuchi and Maxine Joselow) - E.P.A. Targets Microplastics and Drugs in Drinking Water
The move drew praise from leaders of the Make America Healthy Again movement who had recently criticized the agency’s handling of toxic chemicals.
NPR (Will Stone) - EPA flags concerns about microplastics, pharmaceuticals in drinking water
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.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch Live: Zeldin, RFK Jr. To Announce Plans To Study Microplastics In Drinking Water
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…
DAILYCALLER (Alexander Pease) - FDA Announces Expanded Recall Of Popular School Lunch Snack Over Tiny Plastic Bits
No injuries have been reported
NEWSNATIONNOW (Matthew Self) - Nearly 650,000 pounds of tater tots recalled due to plastic contamination: FDA
Importantly, they were not for sale at retail stores, according to the Food and Drug Administration recall notice.