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The new microplastics initiatives: steps in the right direction

Tuesday, April 14, 2026MarionView original

EPA, HHS Announce Historic Actions to Protect Americans from Microplastics and Safeguard Drinking Water [EPA] For the first time in the program’s history, EPA is including microplastics as a priority contaminant group in its draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6), now open for public comment. CCL 6 also includes pharmaceuticals as a group—another first—along […]

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