GOP attorneys general demand abortion pill water safety tests from EPA
Fourteen Republican-led states are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency increase scrutiny of at-home abortion drugs for wastewater contamination from at-home abortions. Chemicals on the list are not subject to a legal maximum contaminant level, but they may be subject to monitoring or under consideration for regulation. Advertisement “As mifepristone’s use is now at an all-time high, its inclusion on the CCL is a logical step to further investigate the impact of its newfound prevalence on the public health,” the attorneys general wrote.
- ▪Fourteen Republican-led states are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency increase scrutiny of at-home abortion drugs for wastewater contamination from at-home abortions.
- ▪Chemicals on the list are not subject to a legal maximum contaminant level, but they may be subject to monitoring or under consideration for regulation.
- ▪Advertisement “As mifepristone’s use is now at an all-time high, its inclusion on the CCL is a logical step to further investigate the impact of its newfound prevalence on the public health,” the attorneys general wrote.
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Fourteen Republican-led states are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency increase scrutiny of at-home abortion drugs for wastewater contamination from at-home abortions. The request, laid out in a letter sent Tuesday from 14 attorneys general, marks the most significant effort in advancing the theory posed by hard-line anti-abortion advocates that self-managed abortions using the abortion pill mifepristone could be contaminating drinking water and in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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