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UK Could Be Headed For Broader Microbead Ban Than US’s MFWA

 
• By Ryan Nelson

UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee recommends “a legislative ban on the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics and other toiletries,” with no mention of restricting prohibitions along microbead-function or product-category lines. Environmental NGOs are pushing for a broader ban than that in the US and seem to have lawmakers’ ear.

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UK lawmakers recommend that Britain legislate a ban that could exceed plastic microbead restrictions instituted in the US, potentially affecting the full range of the ingredients’ applications across a wider spectrum of cosmetic products, if not all of them.

The Environmental Audit Committee in the UK House of Commons issued a report Aug. 24 calling for “a...

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