NEW YORK – Eric T. Schneiderman, state attorney general, has issued a pamphlet aimed at helping consumers choose personal care products that do not contain microbeads, a known form of plastic ...
Thousands of microbead pellets from a ripped pool toy scatter across the surface of Lake Tahoe in early July 2021. (Alison Toy/UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center) A new trend of pool toys ...
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Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better
Imagine a perfectly round, plastic ball smaller than a pinhead. That’s what a microbead is. They’ve been included in facial scrubs, toothpaste, household cleaners and other products that exfoliate for ...
Banning microbeads from personal care products shouldn’t be this hard. Not when considering the harm caused by these tiny plastics that are often added to facial cleaners, soaps, cosmetics and ...
The UK government outlawed the manufacture of products containing microbeads on Tuesday in what it says is one of the world’s toughest bans on the tiny plastic particles. The move comes amid a greater ...
This work was supported by funding from the MITACS Accelerate program, the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, and the Partenariat canadien pour l'agriculture ...
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