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scrAPES- Bill to ban microbeads advances in U.S. House
Published: November 18 2015
By: Melissa Nann Burke
Topic: Microbeads

     This article talks about how microbeads are affecting the environment and the only way to stop it is by passing a bill to ban microbeads. Banning microbeads will lower intoxication due to high amounts in toothpaste, and beauty products. Microbeads may be small but once they are flushed down the drain it can cause serious problems to filtration systems at waste water treatment plants. Once the microbeads go to the oceans, lakes, rivers e.t.c they can be consumed by fish or any other aquatic animals. The toxic led by microbreads can even kill the aquatic animals. Banning micro beads might be the only way to stop all of the toxins being produced onto the water.

     The reason why I chose this article is because microbeads is a serious impact to the enviornment. Micro beads are everywhere! And especially in beauty products. I believe that we should ban microbeads in ALL products because they are causing a serious hazard to animals and to us. Sooner or later the micro beads may even reach to our drinking water. Contaminating our drinking water will be an extra and difficult problem to solve.

     This article is important to environmental science because if we stop the use of microbeads in products then the earth will be a lot cleaner. If they ban microbeads in products then all of this chaos of microbeads being in the water will stop and we wont have to worry about our aquatic animals dying or the toxins.