US EditionEPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
The agencies will begin monitoring 374 pharmaceuticals and launch a $144 million research program on microplastics, officials said.
- On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched the $144 million Systematic Targeting of Microplastics program to measure, understand, and remove microplastics from the human body.
- Pushing the "Make America Healthy Again" initiative, Kennedy characterized the prevalence of plastic fragments in Americans as a "generational health crisis," linking pollutants to rising chronic disease and cognitive decline rates.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin joined the announcement, confirming his agency will collaborate on detecting microplastics in water and designating both microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminant groups for the first time.
- The HHS will build tools to detect microplastics while mapping how they cross biological barriers like the gut and blood-brain barrier, then develop clinically safe trials to remove these particles.
- Zeldin noted this strategy responds to concerns from millions of Americans regarding daily water consumption, addressing long-standing questions about persistent contaminants in the human body.
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