https://watervo.com/blogs/news/watervo-news-alert-the-nanoplastic-crisis 2026-09-07T11:24:27-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-news-nanoplastic-crisis-thumb.png?v=1788805467 WaterVO News Alert: The Nanoplastic Crisis https://watervo.com/blogs/news/epa-and-hhs-announce-joint-initiative-to-combat-microplastics 2026-09-07T11:24:10-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-news-hhs-epa-microplastics-thumb.png?v=1788805450 EPA and HHS Announce Joint Initiative to Combat Microplastics https://watervo.com/blogs/news/why-epa-put-microplastics-on-a-research-list-then-skipped-nationwide-testing 2026-09-07T21:02:04-07:00 weekly https://watervo.com/blogs/news/states-urge-epa-start-testing-tap-water-for-microplastics 2026-09-07T21:08:27-07:00 weekly https://watervo.com/blogs/news/pet-nanoplastic-reference-standards-bottled-water 2026-09-15T00:19:28-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/WaterVO_3_968acad3-05f8-4365-8f76-9dd8e3598ef6.png?v=1789456768 Scientists Are Building Better PET Nanoplastic Standards — Starting With Bottled Water https://watervo.com/blogs/news/epfl-lake-geneva-microplastics-underestimated-650x 2026-09-15T00:24:10-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-news-epfl-geneva-650x-thumb.png?v=1789457050 Better Detection Shows Lake Geneva’s Tiny Microplastics Were Underestimated by Over 650× Illustration — methods story, not a health scare https://watervo.com/blogs/news/swiss-microplastics-atmosphere-vs-wastewater-plants 2026-09-15T00:24:29-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-news-swiss-air-wwtp-thumb.png?v=1789457069 Swiss Study: Air Drops Twice as Much Microplastic Into Waters as Sewage Plants Illustration — source paths, tire wear excluded https://watervo.com/blogs/news/science-rainfall-riverine-microplastic-pulse-enrichment 2026-09-16T12:39:27-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-news-science-riverine-pulse-thumb.png?v=1789587567 Heavy Rain Can Supercharge Microplastic Pulses in Rivers, Science Study Finds Illustration — upstream / source-water framing, not doom beaches https://watervo.com/blogs/news/spout-monolith-back-limited-time-pricing 2026-09-16T16:36:49-07:00 weekly https://watervo.com/blogs/news/source-matters-airborne-vs-waterborne-drinking-water 2026-09-17T10:25:36-07:00 weekly https://watervo.com/blogs/news/jama-stemi-coronary-micro-nanoplastics-association 2026-09-18T10:29:07-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-news-jama-stemi-mnp-thumb.png?v=1789752547 Heart-Attack Patients Show Higher Micro- and Nanoplastic Loads in Coronary Blood Illustration — clinical association story; 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illustration, not the actual device https://watervo.com/blogs/news/microplastics-found-at-all-22-delaware-river-watershed-sites 2026-10-03T06:26:56-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-delaware-featured-1200x630.png?v=1791034016 Microplastics Found at All 22 Delaware River Watershed Sites Sampled Title card reading "Microplastics at all 22 Delaware River sites" beside a photo of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River https://watervo.com/blogs/news/farm-to-fork-micro-nanoplastics-food-water-review 2026-10-04T06:07:14-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630.png?v=1791119234 Farm-to-Fork Review Maps Micro- and Nanoplastics in Food and Water Title card reading Farm-to-Fork Review Maps Micro- and Nanoplastics in Food and Water — WaterVO News https://watervo.com/blogs/news/archived-insects-microplastics-schuylkill-watershed 2026-10-05T06:30:26-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_e5f1e315-6488-4c9c-a4e8-1f579ea1c148.png?v=1791207026 Archived Stream Insects Show Microplastics Across the Schuylkill Watershed Title card reading "Archived Stream Insects Show Microplastics Across the Schuylkill Watershed" — WaterVO News https://watervo.com/blogs/news/smaller-plastic-fragments-more-reactive-study 2026-10-06T21:47:17-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_42c2a76f-5e54-49d2-954e-9c9c50d207a4.png?v=1791311919 Smaller Plastic Fragments Turn More Chemically Reactive, Study Finds Assorted plastic fragments on a white table, with the headline "Smaller Plastic Fragments Turn More Chemically Reactive, Study Finds" — WaterVO News https://watervo.com/blogs/news/nano-microplastics-tuna-mahi-mahi-three-oceans 2026-10-07T09:27:01-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_207abf27-205e-415e-8178-e8d38d1b4c38.png?v=1791379984 Nano- and Microplastics Found in Tuna and Mahi-Mahi Across Three Oceans Yellowfin tuna swimming in the Gulf Stream, with the headline "Nano- and Microplastics Found in Tuna and Mahi-Mahi Across Three Oceans" — WaterVO News https://watervo.com/blogs/news/gas-bubbles-lift-microplastics-from-sediment-study 2026-10-08T06:38:46-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_55f3ef72-6982-4713-9f55-e513d78f474c.png?v=1791466726 Rising Gas Bubbles Can Lift Microplastics From Sediment Back Into Water, Study Finds Methane bubbles on the surface of a lake with reeds, with the headline "Rising Gas Bubbles Can Lift Microplastics From Sediment Back Into Water, Study Finds" — WaterVO News https://watervo.com/blogs/news/benefits-of-drinking-water 2026-10-08T21:20:26-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/watervo-hydration-hero.jpg?v=1791519626 Your Body Runs on Water. Are You Giving It Enough? Sunlit glass of fresh water with sliced lemon and cucumber, opening the WaterVO guide to the benefits of drinking water https://watervo.com/blogs/news/non-sewered-sanitation-microplastics-reactive-study 2026-10-10T02:41:04-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_d70213b1-5c12-42c0-8d30-cc1d96ecc3c1.png?v=1791553078 Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems Can Reshape Microplastics Into More Reactive Contaminants, Study Finds Wastewater treatment plant basins and piping, with the headline "Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems Can Reshape Microplastics Into More Reactive Contaminants, Study Finds" — WaterVO News https://watervo.com/blogs/news/california-dtsc-microplastics-candidate-chemicals-list 2026-10-09T10:52:35-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_9480282b-bf17-45a0-92e0-440269aab89b.png?v=1791568355 California Starts the Clock on Regulating Microplastics in Everyday Products The California State Capitol dome in Sacramento under a clear sky. https://watervo.com/blogs/news/lake-erie-drinking-water-micro-nanoplastics-treatment 2026-10-10T07:09:43-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0739/6075/1278/articles/featured-1200x630_bc802b98-d0a4-4814-911a-ffb29489a6a9.png?v=1791641383 Lake Erie Treatment Plants Cut Micro- and Nanoplastics But Treated Water Still Averaged About 2 Million Particles Per Liter, Study Finds Cleveland water intake crib on Lake Erie, with the headline "Lake Erie Treatment Plants Cut Micro- and Nanoplastics But Treated Water Still Averaged About 2 Million Particles Per Liter, Study Finds" — WaterVO News