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EPA Flags Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water


An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation's drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. Th...

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