{"id":1637981,"date":"2022-09-09T16:35:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637981"},"modified":"2022-09-09T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:37:54","slug":"california-approves-first-of-its-kind-microplastics-testing-in-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-approves-first-of-its-kind-microplastics-testing-in-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"California Approves First-Of-Its-Kind Microplastics Testing In Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-approves-first-of-its-kind-microplastics-testing-in-drinking-water%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> became the first state in the world to mandate microplastics testing in sources of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drinking-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drinking water<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve known about the issue for decades. The public has been asking for governments to do something about it for a good 10 or 15 years,\u201d Scott Coffin of the state water resources control board <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/2022\/09\/california-microplastics-testing-drinking-water-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The California Water Resources Control Board unanimously greenlit policy guidelines to test water sources for the plastic fragments over a four-year span. The policy was approved this week, and means that up to 30 of California\u2019s major water providers will be mandated to begin testing their water each quarter for two years, starting in the fall of next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s no other place in the world \u2014 literally in the world \u2014 that has standardized methods for how you do this or has a monitoring program to look at drinking water,\u201d\u00a0Steve Weisberg, executive director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, said. \u201cCalifornia is really getting out there and being first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Microplastics have been discovered all over the world. The tiny pieces of plastic are found in Antarctica, and human placentas, as well as in rain in North America. They typically end up in water from synthetic clothing that casts off fibers when washed. They also come from plastic being crushed into small bits, and tires that wear down on roads. It\u2019s unknown at what level the plastics are safe for humans, but research has shown they have a negative impact on mammals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It still hasn\u2019t been finalized which groups will need to start testing their water yet, but they were chosen due to their size and the amount they already treat their water, according to CalMatters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new rules are the result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1422\">law<\/a> adopted in 2018 that said the state board needed to create a standard method to be utilized in microplastics testing for drinking water, and needed to make rules for the water to be tested and results reported for four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The plan includes timing for the testing practice. As part of the new rules, water systems will need to include information about microplastics findings in their yearly Consumer Confidence Reports. The testing could cost them between $1,000 to $2,000 per sample.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The agencies have asked the state for help to pay for the testing, saying they \u201canticipate that the cost of compliance with this regulation would require significant investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe use of new methods would require a demonstration study and place the burden of cost and efforts to conduct the study onto the public water systems,\u201d the Association of California Water Agencies and California Water Association wrote in a joint letter to the board last year. \u201cThe human health effects from microplastics is a statewide issue, and therefore justifies use of state funds to supplement the cost born by public water agencies to participate in this process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California became the first state in the world to mandate microplastics testing in sources of drinking water. \u201cWe\u2019ve known about the issue for decades. The public has been asking for governments to do something about it for a good 10 or 15 years,\u201d Scott Coffin of the state water resources control board said. 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