The Increasing Risk of Micro- and Nano-Plastics: The Role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Abstract

Micro and Nano Plastics (MNPs) are increasingly recognized as health risks: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has statutory authority to regulate if justified. More MNP research is needed to produce sufficient evidence of MNPs’ health effects in food.

The FDA and the U.S. legal system will have to come to grips with MNPs’ effects on the human health risks from food.

Keywords: Micro- and Nano-Plastics, Food and Drug Administration, Petitioner actions.