Legislation to ban mirco-plastic particle abrasives, commonly referred to as "microbeads," from being used in products such as facial scrubs, soaps, and toothpaste passed the California State Assembly ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — By the start of next year, stores in Erie County will be fined if they’re caught selling products containing microbeads. That is, if a county bill is approved by the legislature ...

IMAGINE a perfectly round, plastic ball smaller than a pinhead. That’s what a microbead is. They’ve been included in facial scrubs, toothpaste, household cleaners and other products that exfoliate for ...

Virtually indestructible and millimeters in size, microbeads can be found in many common household cosmetic products. New legislation in the Albany County Legislature would see them banned. Because of ...

MAYVILLE -A local law prohibiting the sale of personal care products containing microbeads went without debate as the County Legislature’s Planning and Economic Development Committee expressed full ...

LOCKPORT – A proposed local law to ban the sale of cosmetic products containing plastic microbeads was withdrawn from Tuesday’s Niagara County Legislature agenda. The lead sponsor, Legislator Jason A.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmentalists in Illinois expected a battle royal over their call for a statewide ban on “microbeads” — tiny bits of plastic used in personal care products such as ...

LONDON (CNN) — The UK government outlawed the manufacture of products containing microbeads on Tuesday in what it says is one of the world's toughest bans on the tiny plastic particles. The move comes ...

Our lakes and waterways are a critical foundation of our environment and economy in Chautauqua County and Western New York. They provide us with drinking water, vital irrigation for agriculture and a ...

Microbeads are on their way out, at last. The U.S. already banned them, and now the U.K. wants the tiny plastic terrors to be prohibited internationally. Microbeads are those tiny plastic grains ...