Comment submitted by Michael Ishii
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Summary: A California resident is urging the EPA to include specific drugs and their metabolites on the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List. The commenter argues that the government needs to perform more due diligence on wastewater contamination to ensure public health and wildlife safety.
As a California resident, I am reaching out because families deserve confidence that our water is being monitored for emerging health risks. The government has not done enough due diligence on what happens after these drugs are used and flushed into wastewater systems. The EPA is the agency with the authority and expertise to determine whether this is affecting drinking water, wildlife, and public health. The EPA should follow the evidence wherever it leads and make the results available to the American people. Please add these chemicals and metabolites to the contaminants list and begin meaningful monitoring now.