The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new standards for monitoring the potential contaminants in our drinking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a $144 million STOMP program to develop tools for detecting, ...

Earlier today, Digital Journal reported on a first-of-its-kind study that looked at microplastics in drinking water, carried out by researchers at the University of Minnesota and the State University ...

An estimated 600 billion plastic bottles were produced in 2021 for water alone, according to the United Nations University. The global bottled water market is worth an estimated $348 billion and is ...

Microplastics found in bottled water raise concerns about production processes and highlight the need for improved filtration ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits ...

Kristian Fried, Ph.D., Jennifer Wollenberg, Ph.D. EPA’s April 2026 draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6) places microplastics on the federal regulatory radar for the first time, a milestone ...

Microplastics have been found in many different foods. However, simply detecting them does not automatically mean they are ...

Mon, April 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC On April 2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $144 million program, STOMP (Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics), to build a ...

Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation's drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants ...