This bill tells the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study how tiny plastic pieces, called microplastics, in our food and water may affect people’s health. The study must look at how people are exposed and what that might do to children’s health, hormones, cancer risk, long-term illness, and reproductive health. After the study, the FDA must send Congress a report with what they found and what actions they recommend to protect people’s health.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Everyone who eats food or drinks water in the U.S., with special attention to children and people at risk for hormone, cancer, long-term illness, or reproductive problems.
• What changes: The FDA must identify how people are exposed to microplastics and report health impacts, plus recommend steps lawmakers or agencies can take.
• When: The report to Congress is due within one year after the bill becomes law.