The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, by voice vote during a May 14 markup session. The bill would phase out the manufacture and sale of cosmetic products containing synthetic plastic microbeads. Despite a push by industry to have microbeads in OTC products wrapped into the bill, the subcommittee approved the bill as is ([A#02150511004]).
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