US EditionHHS Announces $144 Million Program to Study Effect of Microplastics on the Human Body
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RFK Jr. announces investigation into removing microplastics from the human body
Share This StoryThe federal government will spend $144 million to investigate microplastics and figure out how to remove them from human bodies, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other officials announced on April 2. The program—Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics (STOMP)—is tasked with measuring, researching, and removing microplastics and nanoplastics from humans. Tests reveal that microplastics, or small pieces of plastic, have bee…
HHS announces $144 million program to study effect of microplastics on the human body
(CBS NEWS) — The Department of Health and Human Services will is introducing a first-of-its-kind program to study microplastics and the effect they have on the human body, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy said the $144 million national program will be called STOMP, which stands for “Systemic Targeting of MicroPlastics.” The program will bring toxicologists, data scientists and other experts together to create stand…
Los Angeles. The U.S. will launch a national program to measure, research and eliminate microplastics and nanoplastics (NPMs) in the human body in an affordable way, reported on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The initiative, called Systematic Targeting of Microplastics (STOPP), will be managed by the HHS Advanced Health Research Project Agency (ARPA-H), and will initially be provided with an amount of $144 mi…
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