On August 5, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/05/white-house-office-of-science-and-technology-policy-ostp-unveils-new-plan-to-advance-research-on-emerging-contaminants/ a report, titled “National Emerging Contaminants Research Initiative (NECRI),” which focuses on drinking water https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-National-Emerging-Contaminants-Research-Initiative.pdf – The report “… outlines a Federal strategy to address critical research gaps related to detecting and assessing emerging contaminants in drinking water …” – Contaminants of emerging concern [CECs] are “… newly identified or reemerging manufactured or naturally occurring … materials that may cause adverse effects to human health or the environment and do not currently have a national primary DW regulation … Major sources of CECs include everyday consumer products (e.g. plastics …) … These substances and the chemicals that result from their transformation (e.g., degradation) by biotic and abiotic processes can be released into the environment and into the DW cycle … Over the next year, OSTP will work with Federal partners to develop the necessary programs, policies, and budgets to support the implementation of this initiative …” #SingleUsePlastic #PlasticWaste #DrinkingWater #MicroPlastics @WhiteHouse
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
