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 ...

Environmental groups in New York's North Country are trying to spread the word about water pollution from microbeads. Microbeads are tiny,... Jul 27, 2015 — Environmental groups in New York's North ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Products containing plastic microbeads would be banned in Hawaii under a bill passed by the state Legislature. In July 2023, all personal care products except for nonprescription drugs containing ...

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 ...

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 ...