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http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/lifestyle\/plastic-microbeads-in-facial-scrubs-causing-damage-to-environment-20140405-365ph.html<\/a>\n\nPlastic microbeads in facial scrubs causing damage to environment\n\nApril 6, 2014\nNeil McMahon\n\nVanity - and our vulnerability to the power of advertising - are\nchanging consumer habits from breakfast to bedtime, and contributing to\nan almighty environmental mess. The culprit: microbeads.\n\nThese are minute bits of plastic that have been inserted into everyday\nproducts from facial creams to toothpaste, proclaimed in advertising as\na healthy advance but which are turbo-charging an already dire problem -\nthe global pollution of oceans, lakes and rivers by cast-off plastic.\n\nWhat makes microbeads especially threatening is that they enter the\nenvironment - washed down our bathroom drains - already broken down into\nall-but invisible microplastics, defined as 0.1 to 0.5 millimetres in size.\n\nTiny and buoyant, and not filtered by sewerage systems, they are swiftly\ningestible by marine life, making them more immediately dangerous than a\ndiscarded drink bottle. They are likely to have entered the food chain -\nso while you wouldn't eat your facial scrub from the jar, you might be\nconsuming it if you eat fish.\n\nAnd for what benefit to ourselves - to our skin?<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/lifestyle\/plastic-microbeads-in-facial-scrubs-causing-damage-to-environment-20140405-365ph.html Plastic microbeads in facial scrubs causing damage to environment April 6, 2014 Neil McMahon Vanity – and our vulnerability to the power of advertising – are changing consumer habits from breakfast to bedtime, and contributing to an almighty environmental mess. The culprit: microbeads. These are minute bits of plastic that have been inserted into everyday products from facial creams to toothpaste, proclaimed in advertising as a healthy advance but which are turbo-charging an already dire problem – the global pollution of oceans, lakes and rivers by cast-off plastic. What makes microbeads especially threatening is that they enter the environment – washed down our bathroom drains – already broken down into all-but invisible microplastics, defined as 0.1 to 0.5 millimetres in size. Tiny and buoyant, and not filtered by sewerage systems, they are swiftly ingestible by marine life, making them more immediately dangerous than a discarded drink bottle. They are likely to have entered the food chain – so while you wouldn’t eat your facial scrub from the jar, you might be consuming it if you eat fish. And for what benefit to ourselves – to our skin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[1544,1587,1545],"yoast_head":"\nPlastic microbeads in facial scrubs causing damage to environment - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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