The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in what could be the first step toward drinking water limits for these substances. The Trump ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding microplastics and pharmaceuticals to its list of drinking water contaminants, which could lead to regulations of those compounds. “For too ...

The EPA proposed to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to limits on those substances for water utilities.

Several environmental groups and Alaskan tribes sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging the administration’s recent repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2009 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Federal health and environmental officials announced a $144-million effort to study microplastics in human bodies ...

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

Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin on Thursday said his agency has added microplastics and pharmaceuticals to a draft list of contaminants in drinking water, describing it as a “historic ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a massive joint effort to measure, understand and remove microplastics and ...

(The Center Square) – The Environmental Protection Agency designated microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminant groups Thursday. The decision prompted diverse reactions from affected ...