Beauty

[walkingal]

Did anyone watch Carol Alt's show, A Healthy You, on FoxNews this weekend? She did a segment about the plastic microbeads in skin exfoliants which are polluting water. I had no idea they could cause so much harm. One state, I think Illinois, has already banned them. I read where Proctor & Gamble said they will be phasing them out of their products. I'm wondering if other beauty and cosmetic companies will be doing the same.

Carol Alt's show rebroadcasts today at 4 PM on FoxNews.

[suzyQ3]

Yes, Troop Angel, this has been prominently featured in the news lately. Companies are coming up with alternatives.

[BellaCarro]

There was also a very lengthy thread here about this subject about a week ago.

[Colonel Meow]

On 8/10/2014 BellaCarro said: There was also a very lengthy thread here about this subject about a week ago.

Yes, that one and various others that have had smaller participation from posters.

[Desertdi]

I only buy products with oatmeal or ground walnut shell......or other natural stuff. Don't want any plastic beads getting stuck in my pores

[Colonel Meow]

On 8/10/2014 Desertdi said:

I only buy products with oatmeal or ground walnut shell......or other natural stuff. Don't want any plastic beads getting stuck in my pores

The plastic beads that are in question are those that would be entirely too large to get "stuck" in your pores, no? Or maybe I have the wrong idea about the size of these beads(?)

[walkingal]

The microbeads segment is coming up next on her show. The dermatologist will give a recipe for a natural exfoliant containing brown sugar, coconut oil, and vanilla.

(Sorry I missed the other threads on this topic.)

[HonnyBrown]

I haven't see the shows. I don't understand how microbeads that go down a drain would end up in the oceans and rivers.

Water/sewage companies are closed loop systems. If sewage was able to leak into the river, the EPA would shut them down very quickly.

The manufacturing plants that use microbeads as raw materials or additives have to isolate their process water from rainwater, that goes into the rivers. And if they discharge the process water into a river, under permit, it has to be cleaner than when they got it. This I have a problem with.

Are people taking baths in the oceans, rivers and estuaries?

[BellaCarro]

On 8/10/2014 HonnyBrown said:

I haven't see the shows. I don't understand how microbeads that go down a drain would end up in the oceans and rivers.

Water/sewage companies are closed loop systems. If sewage was able to leak into the river, the EPA would shut them down very quickly.

The manufacturing plants that use microbeads as raw materials or additives have to isolate their process water from rainwater, that goes into the rivers. And if they discharge the process water into a river, under permit, it has to be cleaner than when they got it. This I have a problem with.

Are people taking baths in the oceans, rivers and estuaries?

Rather than glibly dismissing a very real issue just Google it. You'll quickly find articles from NY Times, scientific journals, and other outlets.

[suzyQ3]

On 8/10/2014 HonnyBrown said:

I haven't see the shows. I don't understand how microbeads that go down a drain would end up in the oceans and rivers.

Water/sewage companies are closed loop systems. If sewage was able to leak into the river, the EPA would shut them down very quickly.

The manufacturing plants that use microbeads as raw materials or additives have to isolate their process water from rainwater, that goes into the rivers. And if they discharge the process water into a river, under permit, it has to be cleaner than when they got it. This I have a problem with.

Are people taking baths in the oceans, rivers and estuaries?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/us/scientists-turn-their-gaze-toward-tiny-threats-to-great-lakes.h...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-microbeads-new-york-ban-20140211-story.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2008/06/scrubbing_out_sea_life.html

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/21/313157701/why-those-tiny-microbeads-in-soap-may-pose-problem-for-great...

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/18/big_plastics_pr_disaster_why_it_cant_lie_its_way_around_microbeads_p...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ban-on-microbeads-in-consumer-products-gains-momentum/

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/how-face-wash-pollutes-water/372923/

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/09/microbeads-cleanser-ocean-pollution