Washington, Sept. 28 -- Congresswoman Janelle Bynum issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Congresswoman Watson Coleman (D-NJ) led 21 of their colleagues in a letter requesting Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Brown, to conduct a review of the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to monitor and evaluate the risks of human exposure to micro- and nanoplastics. The lawmakers argue that to continue protecting Americans' health, they need to understand what the EPA has accomplished in its work on microplastics and what progress still needs to be made. They also emphasize the urgency of this review amid emerging research connecting microp...