肯尼迪启动了价值1.44亿美元的项目, 来检测和清除水中和人体中的微塑料. Kennedy launches $144M program to detect and remove microplastics from water and human bodies.

美国卫生与公共服务部长罗伯特·肯尼迪 (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) 公布了一项价值1.44亿美元的联邦计划, 以检测和清除水中和人体中的微塑料. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a $144 million federal initiative to detect and remove microplastics from water and human bodies. 计划的目的是研究与这些颗粒相关的健康影响, 最近的研究表明它们在胎盘和组织中广泛存在. The program aims to study health impacts linked to these particles, which recent studies show are widespread in placentas and tissues. 美国环保署还将微塑料列入污染物清单, 以对其进行潜在监管. The EPA also added microplastics to a list of contaminants for potential regulation.