Miro CollasEPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water | US Environmental Protection Agency | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/03/epa-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-water
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#EPA flags #microplastics, #pharmaceuticals as contaminants in #drinkingwater
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the EPA to publish an updated version of its Contaminant Candidate List every five years. This is the sixth iteration of the list. Microplastics and pharmaceuticals appear in the draft of the upcoming list, alongside per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or #PFAS, and dozens of other chemicals and microbes.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5771155/epa-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-drinking-water
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the EPA to publish an updated version of its Contaminant Candidate List every five years. This is the sixth iteration of the list. Microplastics and pharmaceuticals appear in the draft of the upcoming list, alongside per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or #PFAS, and dozens of other chemicals and microbes.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5771155/epa-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-drinking-water
Arne BrandAn Embarrassing Mistake May Have Skewed #Microplastics Research All Along https://gizmodo.com/scientists-suspect-theyre-overestimating-microplastics-due-to-an-embarrassing-mistake-2000741901
andybrwn#EPA and #HHS will study #microplastics and pharmaceuticals in water - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-04-02/microplastics-water-epa-hhs
QuasitSo Robert F. Kennedy Jr has decided to investigate microplastics and research ways to remove them from the human body.
The human body. Not, apparently, the environment.
Removing microplastics and nanoplastics from the human body but NOT from the environment would be like removing a cup of water from the ocean and declaring the world dry.
Petra van Cronenburg@afewbugs This! I find them in the deepest forests of our nature park, on soil, in the water, damaging animals and a source of #microplastics #pollution.
what's trending"testosterone went up to 1200" - Joe Rogan and Shanna Swan
#testosterone #microplastics #health
Original timestamp: 00:02:58
Waste BadgerScientists shocked to find lab gloves may be skewing #Microplastics data https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260329222938.htm
🤦
🤦
Getzler Lab at KenyonCollegeMy friends did a thing! Microplastics are very challenging to measure and some existing protocols make it worse. To be clear, the authors are concerned about microplastics, and also concerned that we have analytical methods that will give us real information. Good and difficult work. #analysis #chemistry #polymers #plastics #microplastics
https://futurism.com/science-energy/microplastics-samples-gloves
You Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You’d Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging
Researchers found that plastic gloves can transfer microplastic particles onto environmental samples, potentially skewing results.
N-gated Hacker News🧤🔬📉 Oh no! It turns out that "expert" scientists have been inflating the microplastic catastrophe because their lab #gloves were shedding bits of plastic 🤦♂️. Who knew that the real #pollution problem was hiding right in their hands all along? 🙄
https://nautil.us/ordinary-lab-gloves-may-have-skewed-microplastic-data-1279386 #microplastics #science #research #HackerNews #ngated
https://nautil.us/ordinary-lab-gloves-may-have-skewed-microplastic-data-1279386 #microplastics #science #research #HackerNews #ngated
