Microplastics Safety Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- Jul 17, 2025
What it does
The Microplastics Safety Act would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the FDA Commissioner, to conduct a study on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water, focusing on pathways of exposure and effects on children’s health, the endocrine system, cancer, chronic illness, and reproductive health. The bill requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within one year of enactment detailing the study’s findings and recommendations for legislative or administrative action. This applies to federal health agencies and aims to inform future policy on microplastics safety. The bill affects the Department of Health and Human…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.