On 9/9/2013 11:07 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2013-09-09 9:58 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> So...what is wrong with just soap and a washrag???
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I was surprised that there was not a bigger issue made of tampon
> launchers.

Ahem. They're called "applicators". LOL

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.
>
That's a horrific memory for your first time at the beach!

TMI, but I never used a plastic applicator. They were made of
cardboard. And an applicator wasn't essential. There was (is?) a brand
where you just shove it up there and... you get the TMI picture. LOL

Thankfully I haven't had any need for them for years. Early menopause
was a blessing.

Jill