02-09-2016 19:50 via theguardian.com

How a microbead ban could help solve a massive problem – video

A poll from Greenpeace found that almost two thirds of people in the UK think microbeads should be banned. The beads are already banned in the US, but are still common in Britain. They’re a threat to marine life and potentially to humans, but the poll also found that most people don’t actually know what they areUK government to ban microbeads from cosmetics by end of 2017Continue reading...
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