On 2013-09-09 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.
>
> But there's a problem with microbeads.
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I was surprised that there was not a bigger issue made of tampon
launchers. The first time I saw an ocean for real was in the early
1980s and I was surprised to see so many of those little plastic tubes
washed up on shore.