STEVE MILLOY: Microplastics Hysteria Will Waste Taxpayer Money
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a crisis so vast that any federal initiative is automatically virtuous. That framing skips the harder question: what, exactly, are we buying with taxpayer dollars, and how will anyone measure success? Microplastics are real.
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The Trump administration announced a new initiative to tackle microplastics in the environment. It is a waste of time and taxpayer money, and worse.
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a crisis so vast that any federal initiative is automatically virtuous. That framing skips the harder question: what, exactly, are we buying with taxpayer dollars, and how will anyone measure success?
Microplastics are real. The leap from “present” to “catastrophic” is where politics rushes in. If Washington launches a sweeping program without clear endpoints, it becomes a grant pipeline and a new regulatory pretext, not a solution. Conservatives worry about evidence-based risk, cost-effective enforcement, and mission creep dressed up as environmental compassion.
A serious approach starts with public trust: transparent standards, reproducible science, and accountability for results. If the data justify targeted action, fine. If not, limited government is the safeguard against turning anxiety into policy.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.