{"id":29847,"date":"2026-04-02T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/02\/epa-flags-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-as-contaminants-in-drinking-water-npr-org\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:15:01","slug":"epa-flags-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-as-contaminants-in-drinking-water-npr-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/02\/epa-flags-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-as-contaminants-in-drinking-water-npr-org\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water &#8211; npr.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQc1RyQVFkdkpUX1RMVUtGTU9qSXZ1LURQMjI0NllmM3AtcmMycl9NR3RLLUJ5VVFGdXd1bHRtTXN5cjBHN3pwN2N5U2ZLUXBpUWg2LXp6OWM3cDFram9xTjAzOFByb18zUi0wNkZMRXZhQk1fNmJMN2lxRlVzbmlrZnd5R3BVYnNjd3JoU29fMFlzemJ6TkxPVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">npr.org<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQMmNSRGd1dDV1dG9zWG9PQlJSd3dUa29sLXg3ZW9MaUFRSEwxandhdXVxNjFZV2x1bjJJeE85eWM0Zkp4NFZoa2cxcmd2eVlNejZZeXVyOGFhUlA4ZzFkS2tpRXc4S1hJLVVqRzZISW5nMUJKSXpPcTFGYTF1b1VQLTF0Yw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">EPA claims \u2018major win\u2019 on drinking water safety, but regulations may be years away<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">cnn.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNc1RpeWxOcEZFUmlKUkdLUWlGVzdCdEd1S2NtSHV5SjZWcFpCaGVzOXdiS0dJaUo5bDJWNTAzQmx3aktUcFRFVFRmMGRLdndoSHYxbzJVSUxDLXRBemNVdWh0QVVFaUpfZ3A1VUt0VE9SWkJ0ZHNWSGpqNXJRdEdtR0RlTi1mMjBNMTlxZEN5X1l3QTVzeVIxXzc1S0NIRllpeXI1MjcyZGlZcVBMX1NOcGRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">EPA takes first step to regulate microplastics in drinking water<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNOTdUNW0ybGZtZ01jYndOVF9MdmZIOHUtZnVRbEZQeDhyUU5yRmdYRnJ0RG9NRnNINW82bGlUS0pLeVBUbUlHcHg3Q0FMbnBTNVpkSFN4RjRiNVVRREFBRS02U1U4ajQ2Y1BPWDlYNnRnVTlJbDZJdEJNTUlKZ0IzS3ZzeDAtSElSRlNMY1JEZ01kX19pMnJsQllzWDdVSER6ME93YnRqV2ZRTkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">RFK Jr. takes action on microplastics, PFAS in water. Here&#8217;s what to know.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNRE9kZUN1TWM1ZC10eU1yNEdITVlXUldVYzc4SVY1YXR1OHhJNXZKVzRMUGJxdzNLTGdmOVJpeXd6RkpSTG1qXzZuOW1kMk45TnJWNW5WWE1YTHAwdjBpWGt0b1RPQUptTnZqNnJqa3hyMzgtYjlGX2FXc25DLTVsVUlOZ1prZVpmbU1CQ1hLSjFUODJKeWh1SHJudkRRYV8wVnpnN0lraXFXR0NrVzRxS212WEtsTUFxa2lNRnRDYlU2dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">ARPA-H launches groundbreaking, $144 million program to combat toxic microplastics in the human body<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">HHS.gov<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water&nbsp;&nbsp;npr.org EPA claims \u2018major win\u2019 on drinking water safety, but regulations may be years away&nbsp;&nbsp;cnn.com EPA takes&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/02\/epa-flags-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-as-contaminants-in-drinking-water-npr-org\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}