• theneverfox@pawb.social
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      2 days ago

      Yeah…wtf, I thought everyone switched to charcoal and salt and shit like a decade ago

      No wonder we all have a plastic spoon in our brains

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        January 2018 for the UK, wild that the US is so behind that even California is only just getting to it.

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          we’re really not behind…

          this act banned the beads in most personal care products back in 2015.

          you might be all like “well my enlightened country has a total ban on plastic microbeads, not just in certain products… checkmate atheist!”

          if that’s you and you live in the vast majority of countries, including the aforementioned UK and Canada, then your country doesn’t have an actual ban on these by your definition either!!!

          idk where the OP gets its claim of “first in the nation legislation,” tbh. haven’t read this article yet. might update this comment later.

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            Fair enough, thanks for calling me out. I’m glad it’s not as bad as I thought. The article title threw me off as well.

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      I’m assuming most producers stopped using them voluntarily when there was a spate of negative publicity, maybe there’s still some stragglers that are still selling it.