Tube of face scrub containing microbeads. Blue tube on a white background.


Microbeads are tiny plastic particles put into cosmetic products like face scrubs and toothpaste. They are not filtered out by our sewage systems as they are to small and are ending up in our seas and oceans and finding their way into the food chain of fish birds and humans.


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Location: henley on thames
Photo credit: © ajsissues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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