Microbeads - small particles of plastic - are in many products that we use daily and are polluting our oceans and consequently getting into our food.
The EU has dragged its heels in banning these products despite the campaigning by many organisations.
For more information on which products to avoid:
beatthemicrobead.org/en/
The Daily Mail is campaigning to get these beads banned, not in 2020, but as soon as possible. Their article shows some of the products which contain them, but it is not a complete list.
The article contains a lot of information about these pollutants and how they are endangering our environment and potentially our health.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3759269/Plastic-fish-caught-Britain-toxic-microbeads-used-shower-gels-toothpastes-beauty-products.html
Please be aware that if you wish to dispose of these products you have to consign them to landfill (obviously!), as disposing of them down the sink will only add to the problem.
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Ridiculous to put bits of plastic into anything people use on a daily basis. Where do they think they are going to end up if not in the oceans? 
Yes, but no-one seems to have had enough clout to get the EU moving so perhaps a bit of shouting may work!
(why?)
I have tried to avoid them but am horrified to find that the toothpaste I like may contain them 
Faqcial scrubs!
What the eff is wrong with a flannel?
It's surprising how many different things seem to go on at the same time in government. 
Different departments I suppose.
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