Plastic microbeads, those tiny troublemakers found in the personal care products of the early 1990s to the late 2010s, wreak ...

Microbeads ban: Government to outlaw microplastics in cosmetic products. Any kind of 'rinse-off' personal care and cosmetic products are affected, but not 'leave-on' make-up or sunscreen after ...

Microbeads have even made their way into certain toothpastes. Why are they bad? Microbeads have become so ubiquitous that an estimated 808 trillion pieces swirl down American drains every day.

Microbeads are very small bits of plastic that manufacturers use to supply scrubbing power to body washes, exfoliators, toothpastes, and other cleansing products. They look like tiny spheres. They ...

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MICROBEADS are those small, often colourful beads that are often found in facial scrubs, toothpastes and shower gels – but they could be harming your health, as well as the environment.

Microbeads, says Caddick, engagement director for the Alliance, are "a bigger problem than we initially had thought." Plastics That Look Like Food.

Congress and the White House are coming after your toothpaste, facial scrubs and body wash. Beginning in mid-2017, tiny plastic beads found in some bath and beauty products will be prohibited. The ...

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“We estimate there are about 330,000 microbeads per tube,” he said. The source of beads washing down the L.A. River isn’t known yet. In rainy weather, the river holds vast amounts of runoff ...

The microbeads are also too small to be caught in the filters used to treat waste water before it is discharged into rivers, streams and, ultimately, the sea.

Face washes and exfoliants containing microbeads—those tiny beads that scrub off dirt, impurities, and dead skin cells—are no longer. President Obama signed a bill on December 30 that bans the use of ...