EPA: Monitor for Microplastics!

The average person consumes 4,000 or more microplastic particles from drinking water each year. Microplastics consumption presents a significant health risk — including an increased risk of cancer — yet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn’t announced that it will monitor for microplastics in drinking water.

That’s why Food & Water Watch and seven governors have petitioned the EPA to monitor for microplastics, so that the agency can begin to gather comprehensive data to address this huge problem.

Send a message to EPA: Monitor for microplastics to keep our water safe!

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I urge you to monitor for microplastics in drinking water. Plastic pollution is everywhere, including in our drinking water. It’s estimated that each year, the average person consumes 4,000 or more microplastic particles from drinking water. Microplastics consumption presents a significant health risk, including links to an increased risk of cancer.

That’s why Food & Water Watch filed a legal petition in November 2024, urging the EPA to begin to address this huge problem by including microplastics on the Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6) issued pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act. Under this rule, the EPA must develop a monitoring program for up to 30 unregulated contaminants in drinking water every five years.

In late 2025, then-New Jersey Governor Murphy led a petition of seven governors making a similar request.

You must grant these petitions and include microplastics on the UCMR 6. People have a right to know if their water is contaminated with microplastics.

Please include microplastics in the Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule to help pave the way for future regulation to keep our drinking water safe!

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