Mp'S Urge Government To Ban Plastic Microbeads In Cosmetics

Cosmetics companies should be banned from using plastic microbeads in bathroom products - like exfoliating scrubs, toothpaste and shaving gel - because of the marine pollution they are causing, the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has demanded. Chair, Mary Creagh MP said: "Trillions of tiny pieces of plastic are accumulating in the world's oceans, lakes and estuaries, harming marine life and entering the food chain. The beads in bathroom produces are an avoidable part of this plastic pollution problem. A single shower can result in 100,000 plastic particles entering the ocean. The Committee said it would like to see a national ban on microbeads by the end of 2017.