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After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in U.S. drinking water

LA Times · Jun 30, 2026, 10:00 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

In April, EPA Chief Lee Zeldin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a news conference declaring their dedication to studying microplastics, in the human body and in drinking water. But a new EPA drinking water testing rule leaves them out.

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