The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the tiny particles of plastic known as microplastics for the first time to its most recent draft list of contaminants that are candidates for future ...

A planned change to federal drinking water standards that will require microplastics testing could soon alter how Clark Public Utilities, the city of Vancouver and other water purveyors monitor qualit ...

Plus, how worried you should be about microplastics in bottled water.

Microplastics pose risks that science and monitoring tools aren’t equipped to fully capture, which could produce ...

Natural fibers like cotton, linen, wool, silk, or hemp are better options. If you do still have synthetic fabrics in your ...

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a joint effort to track ...

Inclusion on the agency’s draft Contaminant Candidate List doesn’t require the EPA to monitor or set limits on microplastics ...

At the briefing, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the joint action a “turning point,” celebrating how the EPA ...

The EPA will now include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on the sixth Contaminant Candidate List, which ⁠would mean they ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on April 2, 2026, placed microplastics and pharmaceuticals on its drinking water watch ...

The draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List marks a historic expansion of the agency’s priorities for monitoring unregulated drinking water threats.

EPA proposes adding microplastics, pharmaceuticals to drinking water contaminant list, potentially leading to future ...