Plastic doesn’t just go away, it breaks down into microplastics which eventually sink down into the deepest parts of the ocean, of which science knows very little.
https://biodesign.asu.edu/news/more-face-value-environmental-cost-microbeads
Federal Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 sailed through Congress, but there’s more work to be done in 2016 to prevent other microplastics from polluting our waterways:...

Federal Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 sailed through Congress, but there’s more work to be done in 2016 to prevent other microplastics from polluting our waterways: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/science/ban-on-microbeads-proves-easy-to-pass-through-pipeline.html?_r=1

A new study suggests there may be seven times more microplastics in our world’s oceans than previously thought.

A new study suggests there may be seven times more microplastics in our world’s oceans than previously thought.

plastictides: “ Its been a long time coming and we’re far from done yet, but it was a huge win last night for Tompkins County when a local microbead ban was unanimously passed by the legislature!!! We’re so ecstatic to share this news with you and...

plastictides:

Its been a long time coming and we’re far from done yet, but it was a huge win last night for Tompkins County when a local microbead ban was unanimously passed by the legislature!!! We’re so ecstatic to share this news with you and cant express our gratitude for our @plastictidesjunior ambassadors enough. These kids from age 13 to 15 made this is a reality, not us. They are the champions in this fight. As we paddle on towards Albany, we’re calling on our New York State neighbors to take notice and introduce bans in their counties, and as well we’re calling on the state senate, which has failed two years in a row to pass this ban, to take the initiative and show Big Plastic we mean business. Come on #NewYork, let’s #BanTheBead!! #StandUpAgainstPollution #paddlewithpurpose #microbeads #plastic #plasticpollution #sup #nonprofit #cause #grassroots #countybycounty (at Tompkins County)

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