Facial scrubs release 94,500 toxic microbeads in each wash, research finds

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Submitted by lalit on Tue, 2016-07-26 11:59

The numbers of polluting plastic beads commonly found in everyday face scrub have been revealed by scientists.

thesaurus: 
Water Pollution
Marine Pollution
Marine Ecosystems
Plastics
Scientists
Greenpeace
Cosmetics
Main Topic: 
Water Pollution
Name of the Newspaper: 
Independent (United Kingdom)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/facial-scrubs-release-94500-toxic-microbeads-in-each-wash-research-finds-a7155181.html
Publication Date: 
26/07/2016