MPs warn voluntary phase out of microbeads won't wash

Madeleine Cuff
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Industry-wide ban on use of plastic microbeads in bathroom products is the only way to ensure comprehensive phase-out, MPS claim

Every year up to 219,000 tonnes of microplastics enter the seas around Europe, polluting the marine environment, harming wildlife and potentially contaminating the food chain. Much of this pollution is...

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