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http:\/\/spiritualityhealth.com\/articles\/dangers-microbeads<\/a>\n\n2014 January-February\nThe Dangers of Microbeads\n\nBy: Stuart Coleman\n\nResearchers Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins were taking water samples\nfrom Lakes Erie, Huron, and Superior in 2012 when they noticed something\npuzzling&mdash;millions of plastic beads, each one smaller than a grain of sand.\n\nThe California couple had spent years researching the Great Pacific\nGarbage Patch and studying plastic pollution in the world&rsquo;s oceans. They\nwere finding much of the same debris in the Great Lakes&mdash;bottles, bags,\nstraws, caps, and countless other single-use plastics&mdash;but they were\nstymied by the vast amount of mysterious plastic beads in every trawl.\n\nAfter some research, Eriksen says, they realized the spherical particles\nwere &ldquo;the same size, shape, texture, and color of the microbeads you\nfind in consumer beauty products&rdquo;&mdash;facial scrubs, cleansers, and other\ncommon products that leave our skin clean but also send millions of\nplastic particles down the drain.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/spiritualityhealth.com\/articles\/dangers-microbeads 2014 January-February The Dangers of Microbeads By: Stuart Coleman Researchers Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins were taking water samples from Lakes Erie, Huron, and Superior in 2012 when they noticed something puzzling&mdash;millions of plastic beads, each one smaller than a grain of sand. The California couple had spent years researching the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and studying plastic pollution in the world&rsquo;s oceans. They were finding much of the same debris in the Great Lakes&mdash;bottles, bags, straws, caps, and countless other single-use plastics&mdash;but they were stymied by the vast amount of mysterious plastic beads in every trawl. After some research, Eriksen says, they realized the spherical particles were &ldquo;the same size, shape, texture, and color of the microbeads you find in consumer beauty products&rdquo;&mdash;facial scrubs, cleansers, and other common products that leave our skin clean but also send millions of plastic particles down the drain.<\/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],"yoast_head":"\nThe Dangers of Microbeads - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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