BOOKER, MERKLEY, KRISHNAMOORTHI, BYNUM URGE EPA TO BEGIN MONITORING MICROPLASTICS IN AMERICA'S DRINKING WATER

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) and Janelle Bynum (D-OR-5), led a bicameral letter joined by 53 colleagues urging EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to include microplastics in the agency's Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6). The lawmakers argue that EPA should begin monitoring microplastics in America's drinking water, citing a growing body of research linking the emerging contaminant to serious adverse health effects.

In their letter, the lawmakers note that emerging research has found microplastics throughout the human body and are associated with lung disease, i...