#microbeads — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #microbeads, aggregated by home.social.
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#10yrsago Face scrub #MicroBeads are choking the Great Lakes https://web.archive.org/web/20131031103227/http://5gyres.org/posts/2013/10/28/5_gyres_publishes_first_scientific_paper_on_plastic_pollution_in_the_great_lakes/
#10yrsago Toronto cops confirm video of Mayor #RobFord smoking crack and making racist and homophobic remarks https://www.cp24.com/news/extended-coverage-police-have-video-of-ford-court-documents-shed-light-on-investigation-1.1521449
#5yrsago The #dialysis industry just set a #CampaignSpending record to fight California limits on pricing https://theintercept.com/2018/10/31/california-proposition-8-dialysis/
#5yrsago London’s new high-rises: speculators’ #LuxuryFlats designed never to be occupied https://citymonitor.ai/economy/more-expensive-property-london-more-likely-it-be-empty-4312
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Intentionally added #microplastics will be restricted within the EU in 20 days, with phased restrictions based on complexity to adapt. #Microbeads in cosmetics will be banned immediately, infill for sports pitches in 8 years, 4-12 years for other cosmetics.
#ECHA #REACH #plasticpollution
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4581
