Thousands of microbead pellets from a ripped pool toy scatter across the surface of Lake Tahoe in early July 2021. (Alison Toy/UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center) A new trend of pool toys ...

MAYVILLE – For Dr. Sherri Mason, chemistry professor and environmental science program coordinator at SUNY Fredonia, the number of spherical, plastic balls in Lake Erie is alarming. In a study she ...

The UK government outlawed the manufacture of products containing microbeads on Tuesday in what it says is one of the world’s toughest bans on the tiny plastic particles. The move comes amid a greater ...

A new trend of pool toys containing glitter and microbeads is complicating the already pervasive environmental problem of microplastic pollution. UC Davis scientists studying plastics pollution ...

Plastic microbeads, those tiny troublemakers found in the personal care products of the early 1990s to the late 2010s, wreak havoc on the environment. These minuscule bits, smaller than a sesame seed, ...

Products containing plastic microbeads would be banned in Hawaii under a bill passed by the state Legislature. In July 2023, all personal care products except for nonprescription drugs containing ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York political leaders on Monday renewed their push to outlaw microbeads, the personal care plastic additives blamed for polluting waterways, and urged a statewide ban even as ...

Following bans on plastic microbeads in wash-off cosmetics, a new study weighs up the environmental costs of alternatives. Microbeads have been included in personal care and cosmetic products ranging ...

Despite poor success within the past year, yet another bill has been proposed in the Michigan House of Representatives to ban the sale of “nonbiodegradable” microbeads in personal care products. As it ...