New Jersey S1049 mandates the Department of Environmental Protection to establish regulations for identifying and testing microplastics in drinking.
New Jersey S1049 requires the Drinking Water Quality Institute to study microplastics in drinking water and recommend a definition to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Within three years, the DEP must adopt a standard methodology for testing microplastics, establish requirements for four years of testing and reporting by public water systems, and accredit qualified laboratories in New Jersey. The act takes effect immediately.
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