Posted on 01/02/2016 6:22:04 PM PST by goodwithagun
President Obama approved a bill on Monday banning soaps, toothpastes, and bodywashes that contain a harmful ingredient. That ingredient is microbeads — tiny, nearly impossible-to-dissolve plastic particles that enter water streams by the billions. The beads are typically found in cleansing products because they can be used as tiny scrubbers, helping to wipe away oil and dirt from the skin or teeth.
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The BDB couldn’t discern a micro bead from a scan of his educated yet ignorant brain mass.
I think Goop is the best dirt and grease remover on the market. Easy on the skin, too.
Amazing the Republicans couldn’t see fit to attach a rider to this feel good legislation.
(D-IS) I see what you did there.
Is the rest of the world banning these things or just Usa?
I say this as someone who stopped using the things when they gummed up the pipes in my apartment (slow drain problems).
Your Ben-Wa Microbeads got stuck in your micro ****.
I’m glad I was not drinking my fruit punch when I read that.
That’s just not right.
[[Why don’t they use something that is biodegradable instead of the plastic beads?]]
It’s usually about patents and cost. Apricot seed / pumpkin seed/ papaya seed have been ground up and added to skin care products since ancient days.
Nice. I sometimes swallow a bit of toothpaste after brushing my teeth. Now I might die of starvation. From the article:
And when they eat the beads, the plastic bits don't just pass through the animals' stomachs like normal food. Instead, the beads often become lodged in their stomachs or intestines. When this happens, the animals can stop eating and die of starvation, or suffer other health problems.
The mirco beads must be guilty of micro aggression
Doesn’t the same thing happen when you swallow bubble gum?
Miralax is polyethylene glycol.
Laughter ensues
“Microbeads are a necessity in my life. I want to die with billions of microbeads in me.
That way I can buy MicroManhattan from MicroIndians in the MicroAfterlife.”
LMAO -thanks I needed a laugh
is that microagression?
They were in Crest toothpaste.
Microbeadiality.
“Who needs microbeads? I like to use Lava soap. It takes off the dirt, and the skin it’s attached to.”
I remember that stuff - lol - and you described it perfectly.
they blow them from my neighbor’s yard into mine.
LIFEBOY!
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