On 9/9/2013 9:58 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> So...what is wrong with just soap and a washrag???
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> If you've shopped for facial soap lately, chances are you've seen products with microbeads, tiny balls of plastic said to help exfoliate your skin. The beads have been detected in more than 200 different consumer products; most fall under the category of facial cleansers, but the beads also make their way into soaps, sunscreens, even toothpaste.
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> Manufacturers like them because they’re smoother than many natural exfoliants like salt, apricot pits, or walnut husks. And American consumers like them enough to buy cosmetics containing more than 573,000 pounds of them each year.
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> But there's a problem with microbeads.
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> http://www.motherjones.com/environme...cean-pollution
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They will probably end up in the fish we eat. Probably inert and not
harmful to ingest, but that are of no value to us and potentially
damaging to seafood. I certainly don't see a need for them when less
harmful products exist.