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US Capital Considers Microbead Ban

Regulation would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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The epicenter of US regulations is making some of its own regarding personal care products. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration is proposing to prohibit the production and sale of personal care products that contain microbeads, calling the plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in size “dangerous pollutants in the District's waterways, causing hazards to fish, amphibians, and humans.” The microbead ban is part of an omnibus fisheries and wild...

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