Microplastics Safety Act
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-10-29 — To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to include certain nanoplastics and microplastics on a certain list of unregulated contaminants published pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with unregulated-contaminant-monitoring-rule: The bill uses the UCMR unregulated-contaminants listing pathway as the vehicle for its microplastics/nanoplastics monitoring mandate, linking the microplastics policy agenda to the SDWA’s standing monitoring framework. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-07-17 — Microplastics Safety Act: HR4486 (119th Congress) introduced and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on 2025-07-17; substantive provisions not yet examined at referral stage. (novelty: 3)