Originally Posted on August 24, 2016
From our Twitter feed this morning:
BBC News - MPs call for ban on plastic microbeads http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37161479 #CleanSeas #CommonSense
"Microbeads are used in cosmetics, including toothpaste, to add body and provide abrasion"
"There is evidence microplastics are being ingested by zooplankton" - at the bottom of the food chain, then work their way up.
This reached us: @UNEP => http://www.bbc.com/news/science_and_environment
Members of Parliament => Members of the US Congress => a world wide ban
Let's stay alert for ways to champion this.
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