Industry Lobby Tries to Block Bill That Would Protect U.S. Waters from Plastic Microbeads

Industry Lobby Tries to Block Bill That Would Protect U.S. Waters from Plastic Microbeads

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Industry Lobby Tries to Block Bill That Would Protect U.S. Waters from Plastic Microbeads

http://ecowatch.com/2014/08/26/ban-plastic-microbeads-california/

Industry Lobby Tries to Block Bill That Would Protect U.S. Waters from
Plastic Microbeads

Anastasia Pantsios | August 26, 2014 9:02 am

A bill working its way through the California legislature to ban plastic
microbeads from cosmetics and other products made and sold in the state
has encountered a snag.

The bill, AB 1699, authored by 5 Gyres Institute and sponsored by Rep.
Richard Bloom of Santa Monica, sailed through the other chamber of the
legislature, the Assembly, in May. That action came a little less than a
month before Illinois enacted such a ban in June becoming the first
state to do so.

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1699

Date Action
08/28/14 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Jackson.

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