"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.

They still make non applicator. The smallest ones are great for a nosebleed
that won't stop.

Condoms are another thing we saw on the beach on Staten Island. Those and
syringes. I also found tampon applicators in my yard. That was pretty
disgusting. Apparently some teens were cutting through the woods behind my
house and having parties there. There was no bathroom around my house. I
think (but am not sure) there was a bathroom in the picnic area closer to
the beach but it was likely not open at night.