HHS, EPA Launch Program to Combat Microplastics in Humans

HHS, EPA Launch Program to Combat Microplastics in Humans

The $144 million program will "create the definitive toolbox for measuring, researching, and affordably removing microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in the human body."

NCC Statement on EPA and HHS Announcement on Microplastics April 2026 - Oklahoma Farm Report

The National Cotton Council commends today’s announcement by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlining new actions to advance research and public health efforts related to microplastics in drinking water and the human body. NCC is encouraged by EPA’s decision to designate microplastics as a priority contaminant group in its draft Sixth Conta…