Buyer Beware: Harmful Microplastics in Facial and Body Scrubs

In the past few 20 years, many health and beauty companies have begun utilizing 'microbeads' as exfoliates in cleansing products. This is economical for the corporations but creates a large problem when these particles are rinsed off your body and into the wastewater stream. Many of these particles are too small to be filtered out in wastewater treatment screens. So, the final destination for these plastic microbeads is often our oceans.

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