HOUSTON, Texas (KPRC) – They’re supposed to give a vibrant complexion and help with anti-aging, but the so-called “microbeads” are being banned from many products. The government says the beads are ...

New research explored attitudes regarding the presence of microplastic particles within readily available cosmetics. Public awareness regarding the presence of microbeads within personal care products ...

In 1976 John Ugelstad did something only previously achieved by Nasa: he made a series of tiny, spherical polystyrene beads of exactly the same size. Ugelstad’s invention of microbeads was a minor ...

NEW DELHI (IANS) – A large number of personal care cosmetic products in India contain harmful micro-plastics and the micro-beads released from items of daily use, pose a serious threat to the ...

Following bans on plastic microbeads in wash-off cosmetics, a new study weighs up the environmental costs of alternatives. Microbeads have been included in personal care and cosmetic products ranging ...

LONDON -- British MPs have issued a report detailing the damage to the environment wreaked by microbeads used in cosmetic products. The report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee ...

Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic found in things like toothpaste and body washes. The environment secretary Michael Gove said that the tiny beads have 'a devastating effect on marine life". The ...

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The House of Representatives voted this week to ban the use of microbeads in cosmetics, calling the tiny plastic spheres “unnecessary plastic pollution” in the nation’s waterways. Recent studies ...