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To: SunkenCiv

A day or two ago there was a thread on FR about the recent banning of Microbeads. This led me to reading about pumice. Pumice is formed by lava that had air bubbling up through it. It is filled with open cavities, I suppose like Swiss cheese, or a sponge. Anyway, it floats. Giant rafts of pumice are adrift, to this day, in our oceans. They have been a means of transportation for plants and animals from one continent to another. I suppose the Mayans may have run into pumice (lava) washing up on their beaches. Evidently, there was intercontinental swapping even before “man”.


20 posted on 01/05/2016 1:18:12 PM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: HandyDandy

Microbeads are probably responsible for colony collapse disorder. :’)

Here’s Why the US Government Suddenly Banned a Bunch of Soaps, Bodywashes, and Toothpastes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3379109/posts

The ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ myth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3377030/posts

Crest to remove potentially harmful microbeads from toothpaste
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3205920/posts

Is your facial scrub polluting the environment?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3121898/posts


22 posted on 01/05/2016 2:09:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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