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Microbeads in face-cleaning product

Tiny plastic beads - microbeads pollution - on a finger tip.

Plastic microbeads are used in general cleaning products and personal care products such as exfoliating face scrubs. The use of these (outside of medicines and medical equipment) has been banned in New Zealand since December 2017.

Rights: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), CC BY-NC 2.0
Published:30 August 2019Size: 488.12 KB