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• Position: State bans on microbeads - Stateline - Brief article

Soaps, body washes, toothpastes and other products containing scrubby microbeads give us that squeaky-clean feeling. But the beads--barely visible plastic bits--aren't biodegradable and easily pass through most water treatment plants, eventually winding up in the ocean. California lawmakers are the latest to pass a ban on the sale of products that contain microbeads. Similar bans are in place in...